Chris Lodwig

THE CONCLUSION OF THE SYSTEMIC SERIES Three hundred years after the fall of the System, two rival cultures are still sifting through the ruins, trying to rebuild their societies.Scab is spreading from the outskirts toward the technophobic city of Seal Tooth. Rather than send aid, the Host votes...

Three centuries after the Calming, the System is alive, but it’s not well. All that remains of the once-omnipotent AI are the book it left behind, and the itinerant professors charged with keeping its wisdom....

For generations, a sentient AI has watched over the world and solved all of humanity’s problems. It was an era of objectivity, social equality, and ecological recovery. It should have been a golden age. Now, three strangers are on a pilgrimage through the arid lonely sagelands and...