The Kraken Project (Wyman Ford, 2) - Tapa blanda

"Preston's wildly creative novels expertly blend real science and heart-stopping thrills. He is, quite simply, the new and improved Michael Crichton." --Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of Playing with Fire

"Preston takes a fantastic idea and makes it real. Artificial intelligence and cyber-warfare are not the stuff of science fiction anymore." --Larry Bond, New York Times bestselling author of Fatal Thunder

"Expert, chilling and all too convincing, this brilliant, nightmarish take on the future of cyber-consciousness is one of the few thrillers that truly thrills--while raising questions that should unsettle every one of us. Wickedly smart and tremendously entertaining!" --Ralph Peters, New York Times bestselling author of The Damned of Petersburg

"Preston trumps Crichton at his best." --David Hagberg, New York Times bestselling author of End Game

"The possible successor to Michael Crichton . . . Some novels you want to savor, some you want to read so quickly that you can scarcely keep yourself from tearing pages as you move forward. Preston's entertaining accomplishments tend toward the latter." --Alan Cheuse, NPR

"A very entertaining thriller . . . Bravo." --Booklist (starred review)

"Fans of Preston's previous Wyman Ford technothrillers . . . will demand this book." --Library Journal

Wyman Ford is back again in The Kraken Project, the thrilling new novel fromNew York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston.
NASA is building a probe to be splashed down in the Kraken Mare, the largest sea on Saturn's great moon, Titan. It is one of the most promising habitats for extraterrestrial life in the solar system, but the surface is unpredictable and dangerous, requiring the probe to contain artificial intelligence software. To this end, Melissa Shepherd, a brilliant programmer, has developed "Dorothy," a powerful, self-modifying AI whose true potential is both revolutionary and terrifying. When miscalculations lead to a catastrophe during testing, Dorothy flees into the internet.

Former CIA agent Wyman Ford is tapped to track down the rogue AI. As Ford and Shepherd search for Dorothy, they realize that her horrific experiences in the wasteland of the Internet have changed her in ways they can barely imagine. And they're not the only ones looking for the wayward software: the AI is also being pursued by a pair of Wall Street traders, who want to capture her code and turn her into a high-speed trading bot.
Traumatized, angry, and relentlessly hunted, Dorothy has an extraordinary revelation--and devises a plan. As the pursuit of Dorothy converges on a deserted house on the coast of Northern California, Ford must face the ultimate question: is rescuing Dorothy the right thing? Is the AI bent on saving the world... or on wiping out the cancer that is humankind?