Sawyer has created a gripping thriller, a pulse-pounding tour of the farthest reaches of technology. In concert with Kyle's discoveries of the nature of consciousness, the key to limitless exploration - or the end of the human race - appears close at hand. When Heather achieves a breakthrough, the message reveals a startling new technology that rips the barriers of space and time, holding the promise of a new stage of human evolution. Her estranged husband, Kyle, is working on the development of artificial intelligence systems and new computer technology utilizing quantum effects to produce a near-infinite number of calculations simultaneously. Heather Davis, a professor in the University of Toronto psychology department, has devoted her career to deciphering the message. Mysterious, unintelligible data streams in for ten years. In the near future, a signal is detected coming from the Alpha Centauri system.
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