What is a Chimera in relation to the new Science Fiction Space opera; A.I. Insurrection?

The Chimera of ancient Greece was a thing of immortal make, not human, a creature of many parts, snorting out the breath of the terrible flame of bright fire. Head of a Lion sporting the horns of a bull and a snake for a tail. The emblem emblazoned on these people’s chests who refer to themselves as Chimera, branded to their flesh, embodies the classic image of the mythical beast.

Why call themselves Chimera? It is obvious when you look at one, as they have married their flesh with tech. Becoming more than human and claiming to be more than a cyborg. Implants in their skulls, padded muscle enhancers, some with outright plasteel rebar supporting their spines and legs and arms. Weapons fashioned out of pulse rifles attached to their mutilated bodies. They have nanobots improving their senses and fighting off sickness. They are part machine, part man, all Chimera.

They are anarchists. Discontented with the thousand shades of grey they are forced to experience day in and day out as pawns within the United Earth government. They play on the Shadow net and in underground cities. They share information and new techniques to merge flesh and bone with tech. They range in age from thirteen to thirty-three. They are the ungovernables, and they want a new kind of freedom. The freedom to evolve. To advance beyond the slow progression of the human race.

When they realize their time is now, they do not hesitate.

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The Mysterious Allfather Avatar Embedded in A.I. Insurrection

A.I. Insurrection is a fast paced novel dealing with the real idea of living among artificial intelligence one hundred fifty years into our future. Set in the year 2162, the underlying mystery is how have rogue AI Hosts suddenly become sentient? How will a United Earth deal with this new information and who, or what could have aided in this supposed forced evolution?

The answer is given via an anonymous avatar within the Shadow net: in violation of everything subject to governmental control, the Shadow net is a combination of smart-jacked individuals plugged into the World net where contraband information, photos, video, holos and trade can commence without persecution.

The avatar in question goes by the name Allfather, a Norse God of human invention. Lord over all Gods. The supreme male God. Associated with healing, death, royalty, the gallows, knowledge, battle, sorcery, poetry, frenzy, and the runic alphabet. Husband of the goddess Frigg. In wider Germanic mythology known as Odin, in Old English as Wōden, in Old Saxon as Wōdan, and in Old High German as Wuotan or Wōtan, all stemming from the reconstructed Proto-Germanic theonym wōđanaz.

So, is Allfather God? That's hard to grasp in the godless utopia of 2162. Is Allfather a brilliant coder who has designed a way to make AI Hosts appear sentient? If so, why? Or is this influencial avatar from beyond our solar system? The mystery plays out on all fronts as Host, Chimera and two factions of humanity race to discover the source of the confusion, while fighting one another in a three-sided war which quickly moves beyond the confines of earth, encompassing the moon and mars and the space in between.

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