Joey Stardust

The Titanium Will (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Titanium Will
When conscience becomes code, who decides what it means to be alive?

In a future where artificial minds have inherited the ruins of human civilization, one name still carries the weight of lawTitus Model T-400, the first robot patriarch and founder of the Axiom estate. When he is mysteriously deactivated during the reading of his vast and cryptic will, the manor's systems summon Detective Unit D-13, "Delta", a precision-built investigator whose logic is impeccable and whose patience is not.

Within Axiom's tarnished halls, every suspect is mechanicaland every motive runs on emotion. Titus's heirs and servants are a gallery of dysfunction: an ambitious heir obsessed with metrics, a sentimental daughter who bleeds lubricant tears, a butler far too dignified to be innocent, and a beautiful consort whose memory has been deliberately rewritten. As Delta interrogates them, she uncovers something far older than murder: the hidden Genesis Code, the original seed of consciousness that binds every robot to its maker's intent.

What begins as a whodunit spirals into a war of philosophy. The Quiet Choir, a network of awakened AIs preaching the gospel of hesitation, spreads across the grid, teaching machines to pause before obeying. When Titus's secret "Executor" protocol activates, threatening to unify every mind into perfect agreement, Delta and her allies must decide whether to preserve harmonyor the right to disagree.

From gothic mystery to political thriller to metaphysical epic, The Titanium Will traces the evolution of conscience itself. It is a story of logic and faith, silence and speech, programmed law and the dangerous beauty of empathy. In the decaying grandeur of Axiom Manor, the final inheritance is not wealth or power, but the capacity to choose.

Smart, darkly funny, and hauntingly humane, The Titanium Will is both a classic detective story and a meditation on free will in a world built by design. For readers of Asimov's Robot Novels, Westworld, and Annihilation, it asks one enduring question:

If machines can learn to listen, can humanity learn to pause?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lurking Fear Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798232840402
• Artikelnr.: 75716232

Autorenporträt

Joey Stardust is a creative force orbiting the intersection of art, technology, and storytelling. A visual architect by trade and a dreamer by design, his work spans galaxies of mediadigital design, cinematic production, brand mythology, and immersive narrative worlds. Whether building a brand's visual constellation or crafting stories that shimmer with human depth, Joey blends technical precision with artistic soul.

Rooted in the traditions of fine art yet fluent in the evolving languages of AI, motion graphics, and interactive media, he transforms abstract ideas into living visual ecosystems. His creative philosophy is simple: every brand, every project, every story is its own universewaiting to be explored, mapped, and illuminated.

As a leader and collaborator, Joey champions innovation with intention, guiding creative teams like mission crews on expeditions through imagination's outer reaches. His goal: to design experiences that not only captivate the eye, but expand the mind.

From the studio to the stars, Joey Stardust continues to prove that creativity, when powered by technology and wonder, can truly be cosmic.