We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

By Dennis E. Taylor

Book #1 in the Bobiverse series

A man becomes an AI tasked with finding new worlds, but danger lurks in space.

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299 pages· 91,794 words

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Bob Johansson, once a software mogul, awakens as an AI in a future where he's state property. Tasked with piloting an interstellar probe, he faces a choice: accept and risk becoming a target in a cosmic race, or decline and be erased. As rival nations vie for new worlds, Bob's journey into the stars reveals a universe teeming with hostile forces. Can he navigate these threats and secure humanity's future, or will the dangers of space prove too great? The stakes are nothing less than the first claim to entire planets.

From the publisher

Bobiverse fans: a signed limited edition of all three books in a boxed set, signed by the author, is now available on Amazon. Look for The Bobiverse [Signed Limited Edition] on AmazonBob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. So it’s a little unfair when he gets himself killed crossing the street.Bob wakes up a century later to find that corpsicles have been declared to be without rights, and he is now the property of the state. He has been uploaded into computer hardware and is slated to be the controlling AI in an interstellar probe looking for habitable planets. The stakes are high: no less than the first claim to entire worlds. If he declines the honor, he’ll be switched off, and they’ll try again with someone else. If he accepts, he becomes a prime target. There are at least three other countries trying to get their own probes launched first, and they play dirty.The safest place for Bob is in space, heading away from Earth at top speed. Or so he thinks. Because the universe is full of nasties, and trespassers make them mad - very mad.

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