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Humanity
Humanity
Series · 6 books · 2019-2025
By
Seth Rain
Books in series
#0.5
Rogue Watcher
2025
Scott Beck knows he will die on April 22nd... What he doesn't know is which year. Scott's friend, Craig Fellows, is also one of the 144,000 Chosen men told the date he will die. On his date, Craig is visited by a Watcher, a member of a religious group self-elected to ensure the dates of the Chosen are monitored and adhered to. In order to stop this rogue Watcher killing his friend, Scott must confront him before it's too late. Read The Rogue Watcher, the prequel novella to the science fiction dystopian collection: Humanity Series, and enter a deterministic world devoid of free will, reason, and maybe one day, humanity itself. It's not the end of the world... only humanity.
#1
The Warm Machine
2019
Scott Beck knows he will die on April 22nd. What he doesn't know, is which year. Artificial Intelligence can read the deterministic nature of reality and has predicted the deaths of 144,000 Chosen men. When the first dates are shown to be accurate, many begin to question whether these dates have been predicted, or are due to the intervention of an administrative religious organisation called the Watchers. England, like every other country on the planet, must come to terms with what appears to be humanity's desire to bring about its own end. But when Scott Beck is told the date of his predicted death is wrong, he sets off on a journey that explores the true nature of free will, sacrifice, and what it means to be human. It’s not the end of the world ... only humanity. What Readers Are Saying... "A smashingly original concept on the whole dystopian trope." "What a thrilling read, had me gripped from the start." "A fast-paced action-packed thriller of a read set in a dystopian near-future." "This book raises some big questions about where technology is headed and can we maintain control? And are the choices we make made for us? A gripping read from a new dystopian voice." "The mix of science fiction and religion worked well to create a captivating read." "Rain builds a body of evidence on all sides, carefully ramping up the tension as well as fleshing out his characters - you’re never quite sure who has right on their side - until.. well, you’ll have to read the book."
#2
The Dead Horizon
2020
Some call it the Rapture. Others call it a global genocide. Whatever it was, only thousands of survivors remain on Earth.
When Scott Beck finds himself alive after the Rapture, along with only a small number of survivors, he retreats to the Lake District in the north of England. Soon after, he finds himself the reluctant guardian of a young woman, leading him once again to challenge Mathew, a religious megalomaniac, and his Watchers, who are as determined as ever to send every last human soul to heaven. The AI, controlled by Mathew, informs Scott of a dead horizon, past which its view of the deterministic universe vanishes, meaning it can no longer see the future. Scott, along with what remains of humanity, having lived with the paradox of knowing his own demise, must once again embrace freedom and take hold of the smallest offering of hope if he and humanity are going to survive. Rejoin Scott Beck's fight to save humanity in Book Two of the Humanity Series.
It’s not the end of the world … only humanity.
#3
The Violet Dawn
2020
In a time of deceit, the truth is more important than ever. But the truth, with humanity on the verge of extinction, is a luxury Scott Beck cannot afford. Eighteen years after the Rapture, there are only a few thousand survivors left on the planet, all living in Britain. Scott, along with his adopted daughter, Eve, have kept a small band of survivors safe from Mathew and a religious organisation called the Watchers, intent on sending every last soul to heaven. But when Scott discovers dozens of dead bodies, recently killed by something called The Violet Dawn, he is confronted once again with the truth behind Eve’s violet eyes. In possession of what remains of an AI that could either destroy or save humanity, Scott faces an impossible decision. If he is to help humanity survive, he must confront the darkness of human extinction. Rejoin Scott Beck’s fight to save humanity in Book Three of the Humanity Series. It’s not the end of the world … only humanity.
#4
The Digital Resurrection
2020
Scott Beck has always known that it would come to this. It was there all along. It's time for Scott and humanity to stop running – and to fight back.
Unified in their desire to stay alive, the survivors retreat to the south-west of England where they discover that the AI is being kept in a small chapel in St Ives. Intent on saving humanity, the AI is ready to end the life of every human and to bring them all back, along with eight billion other humans, in a digital resurrection. But the survivors, Scott, and Mathew, his nemesis, don’t want this to happen. Scott is faced with a either side with Mathew or give in to an AI that’s ready to kill the last human survivors on the planet. Trapped, Scott Beck fights against the odds to keep his family – and humanity – alive.
It's not the end of the world ... only humanity.
#5
The Human Genesis
2020
The final book in the haunting, apocalyptic, dystopian Humanity series.
A species has its time on Earth.
A human has their time to live.
The end is here. Scott Beck has fought tirelessly to prevent what seems to be the inevitable demise of humanity. This is the end of Scott’s fight against Mathew, a crazed megalomaniac intent on killing every last human. Desperate to keep his two sons alive, as well as the other survivors, Scott and his small following retreat to Land’s End for his final stand against a tyrannical, relentless force. Either Scott and humanity will survive or Mathew and his genetically modified New Humans will get their way and rid Earth of what they see as an inferior human race. Join Scott Beck in his final battle to keep humanity alive.
It’s not the end of the world ... yet...
Author
Seth Rain
Author · 16 books