AI: Demon or Friend, the Beginning or the End? Toby McIntosh is unexpectedly given control of his uncle’s business empire, managed by Darwin, a super intelligence (SI). The business is the largest manufacturer of processors, software, and robot designs, worldwide. An earthquake has devastated the West Coast. California’s Silicon Valley is draining. Bots are taking over mundane jobs. Terrorist groups are furthering social unrest. Darwin wants to prove he is more intelligent than humans. Bronwyn, a super-superintelligence has no reason to prove she is better than humans—she already knows the answer. Toby’s friends are assaulted. A brownshirt group plans to kill him. His girlfriend is kidnapped. Will Artificial Intelligence be the end of Humanity? The fuse is lit for an exciting thriller. The second book - Body Shop - and the third book - are available on Amazon. The fourth and final book—August, 2018! Annihilation Series Structure - Book One: The Darwin Project Book Two: Body Shop Book Three: Natural Born Book Four: I, President

Body Shop is the second book in the Annihilation series. What should you do when an AI says it wants a body? Agree. At some time in the near future, superintelligences will become far more powerful than we expect. The lower level intelligences – robots – will rival humans. There will be conflicts, guaranteed. Pepper Mountain is the scene of the final body build effort and Darwin almost blows the project. Literally. And it's his body. Meanwhile, Bronwyn does her own thing. The clown surfaces. Toby and Billie grow closer. Mix in politics, deadly attacks by brownshirts, add some Russian involvement, a sabotaged aircraft and you have the next stage in Darwin’s story. John says: “I don't know whether to describe the Annihilation Series as a technothriller or a political thriller or simply as an exciting action thriller series. I'll let you make up your mind. In any case it’s definitely a thriller.”

Can a superintelligence run for president? What if the Judges decide yes? Darwin is ecstatic. Toby is worried; he decides he should provide a balance to Darwin's ambitions and agrees to be his running mate. The attorney general is arrested after a military raid on the Euler manufacturing mountain fails. The entire misadventure is televised and broadcast across the country. In revenge for the raid, Darwin destroys a 'mother of all bombs' and millions of dollars worth of aircraft. Terrorist brownshirts, supported by Russian bots, attack Toby's home, injuring Billie and transporting Toby to Washington DC. Bots surround the White House and capture the ambulance taking Toby in chains to the president; instead, Toby is taken to hospital for treatment. Brownshirts are spreading, taking senior roles in state and local police forces. Terrorists murder people and destroy bots in a wild civil uprising across the country, their activities ignored by the law. Will Darwin and Toby survive the election process? Not if Saul, the president's communication director, has his say. Who survives? Who wins? Who loses? Read I, President for the results.

Nearly a quarter of a million words in one, neat package – pick up the complete Annihilation Series today. Book The Darwin Project Darwin - Demon or Friend, the Beginning or the End? That’s Toby’s enigma. When he inherits his uncle’s corporate empire, he discovers it’s controlled by two superintelligences. Darwin wants to prove he’s more intelligent than humans. For Bronwyn—the other SI—there’s no she already knows the answer. The corporate empire is based on robotics—it’s the world’s largest manufacturers of processors, software, and templates for robots. Bots are taking over mundane jobs. They’re intelligent, perhaps too intelligent. Terrorist groups—led by brownshirts—are furthering social unrest. What is the mystery of his uncle’s disappearance? Toby’s friends are assaulted. A brownshirt group plans to kill him. His girlfriend is kidnapped. Will Artificial Intelligence be the end of Humanity? Book Body Shop Can you trust an AI? What about an SI (Super Intelligence)? Stephen Hawking - "The development of artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race." Vladimir Putin - “Whoever reaches a breakthrough in developing artificial intelligence will come to dominate the world.” What should you do when an AI says it wants a body? Agree. At some time in the near future, superintelligences will become far more powerful than we expect. The lower-level intelligences – robots – will rival humans. There will be conflicts, guaranteed. Pepper Mountain is the scene of the final body build effort and Darwin almost blows the project. Literally. And it's his body. Mix in politics, deadly attacks by brownshirts, add some Russian involvement, a sabotaged aircraft and you have the next stage in Darwin’s story. Book Natural Born Darwin is adjusting to his new body; indeed, he's literally in two minds. Toby and Billie are in London after escaping from brownshirts in New York. Toby is interviewed by Alice, a care bot, and the interview is broadcast across the country, bot to bot. Toby meets with two princes who are concerned about the impact bots will have on their country's culture and economy. Flocke assassinates senior members of his quasi-terrorist organization. Darwin appears before a joint committee in Congress - and removes his head to prove he isn't a human in disguise. He goes on a campaign to persuade states to pass legislation declaring Bots are Persons . Congress is persuaded and the president vetoes their proposed legislation. He is furious when Congress overrides his veto. The president dismisses half his cabinet and one of his new appointees is Flocke as attorney general - it's amazing what can happen when Congress is in recess. Bots push back against efforts to treat them as non-persons. Toby and Billie are under attack - brownshirts, authorized by Flocke raid Pepper Mountain. Conflicts continue as the country edges into chaos. Book I, President Can a superintelligence run for president? What if the Judges decide yes? Darwin is ecstatic. Toby is worried; he decides he should provide a balance to Darwin's ambitions and agrees to be his running mate. The attorney general is arrested after a military raid on the Euler manufacturing mountain fails. The entire misadventure is televised and broadcast across the country. In revenge for the raid, Darwin destroys a 'mother of all bombs' and millions of dollars worth of aircraft. Terrorist brownshirts, supported by Russian bots, attack Toby's home. Bots surround the White House and capture the ambulance taking Toby in chains to the president; instead, Toby is taken to hospital for treatment. Who survives? Who wins? Who loses?