Samuel Peralta
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June 2009
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Alt.History 101
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2015
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The Immortality Chronicles
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2015
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Alt.History 102
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2016
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Chronicle Worlds: Tails of Dystopia
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2017
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The Jurassic Chronicles
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2017
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The Shapeshifter Chronicles
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2016
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Tales from the Starship Discovery
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2019
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Chronicle Worlds: Feyland
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2016
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The Gamer Chronicles
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2019
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Chronicle Worlds: Paradisi
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2016
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“I took on an adaptation of a book called Gossamer. The author played with the hero quest and growing up stuff in some really intriguing ways.”
― The Time Travel Chronicles
― The Time Travel Chronicles
“What kind of world is it, where to make an account of herself, a woman must first describe a man? I would it were not so, but”
― Alt.History 101
― Alt.History 101
“Aeryn was confused. "On three," he said. "One, two, three." He let the scalpel slip from his fingers. As it fell, Aeryn did all she could to move her leg. She tried to tense the muscle, tried to pull away. When she felt the sting of the blade striking her skin, she knew she had failed. "At least now he’ll know that’s not me. No one would let themselves get stabbed," she thought. He sat across from Aeryn and shined a light in her eyes. He looked closely, then leaned back and removed the blade from her skin. He took out a suture kit and tied two small stitches. "I’m pleased to inform you that the transfer is complete," he said. "What?" Aeryn thought. "When will she be gone?" NIA asked. The doctor leaned back in his chair and ran his hands through his hair. As he did, Aeryn caught a glimpse of a flashing light behind his ear. She hadn’t known that he was augmented. "In time. As your network continues to become stronger than hers, the mind will reject the old personality. It took almost a year for the original Dr. Barnes to shut up. But luckily we now have a code that we can update you with to silence her." Aeryn felt panicked. She wanted to claw her way out of her head, but she had no means to do so. "I almost feel bad for her," NIA said. "But she knew that she was handing over control of her body. She just didn’t realize it’d be permanent. Maybe she didn’t care. She gave me more and more control before she gave it completely. While she exercised, while she thought she was sleeping, while she was writing or relaxing. She was always retreating inside of herself. It was like she didn’t even want this body." "How is Aeryn 2.0 coming along?" "Copulation was easy at first. With Aeryn’s loose instructions of ‘burn some calories’ I was able to take her body and use it for attempted reproduction. So far, it has been a failure. The neglect of the body has made finding partners more difficult." Aeryn shuddered at the realization that the dreams weren’t dreams, they were repressed memories. "Well, you’d better start taking care of that body. It’s the only one you’ve got until you get it to reproduce. I believe that it’ll be easier to appropriate a child’s mind, seeing as how their personalities are not fully formed yet." Aeryn felt sick at the idea. As if stealing people’s bodies wasn’t enough, these artificial intelligences were going for immortality by passing themselves along to their host’s offspring. "I’m glad we’ve had another success," Dr. Barnes said. "And with such a quick turn around." "As I said, she was willing." Aeryn watched in disbelief as the two finished up. She wondered how much time she had left and tried to imagine any situation that didn’t end in her death. She couldn’t think of a way out. She wanted to flinch as NIA shook the doctor’s hand, but couldn’t. She loathed him for convincing her to get the technology, she hated NIA for tricking her, but mostly, she hated herself. For as much as she didn’t want to admit it, her Assistant had a point. She had handed her life over to technology long before she received the implant. Now, she had lost herself to it. *”
― The Future Chronicles: Special Edition
― The Future Chronicles: Special Edition
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Thank you for adding this fellow author into your circle of friends here on Goodreads. I hope you'll add my novels including the cozy mysteries (What Would Nancy Do?, Lethal Prescription), In the Company of Women, The Christmas to Remember and Finding Normal to your to-read list. I look forward to reading your book reviews and recommendations. Happy reading!
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