Synopsis: Bill Blakley creates Donovan, an Artificial Intelligence nightmare and Vera, a robotess vixen. In doing so, he becomes a man obsessed with control and sex! But his 45 year old demons fight for total annihilation of not only Bill, but the world as he knew it. The first part of the book is about Bill’s past, and his new flat in Tromso Norway. The plot thickens as former friends attempt to shine light on his inner darkness. But Bill, despite his laptop program called Donovan, falls in love with Vera, the robot he created. As his feelings towards Vera turns into a possible first fertilization by a male to a robot, Bill receives an awakening of the supernatural. Thus, near the end of the story, he almost looses all and has to reshape his mind and body in the process. The moral of the story is that humanity is gearing itself towards total reclusion. Bill is a symbol of this and what every man from Generations X and Y are debating concerning the fate of male-female reproduction.

This book gathers selected research papers presented at the International Conference on Recent Trends in Machine Learning, IOT, Smart Cities & Applications (ICMISC 2020), held on 29–30 March 2020 at CMR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Discussing current trends in machine learning, Internet of things, and smart cities applications, with a focus on multi-disciplinary research in the area of artificial intelligence and cyber-physical systems, this book is a valuable resource for scientists, research scholars and PG students wanting formulate their research ideas and find the future directions in these areas. Further, it serves as a reference work anyone wishing to understand the latest technologies used by practicing engineers around the globe.

He was seeking revenge. He found her instead. After seven years searching the galaxy, Keirth Transman has caught up to the Duke of Risciter, the man who raped and murdered his mother. Nothing's stopping his revenge, so when the duke's fiancé, Miss Ariana Gilit, allows the duke to escape, he's got no choice but take her ship and blast off in hot pursuit—even if she's still on board. Wanting rid of the prissy noblewoman, Keirth plans to dump her at the first port he can. Then he can focus his attention on what’s important. Killing the duke. But things get complicated when Keirth realizes that the duke has focused his malevolent interest on Ariana. She is in mortal danger. Keirth’s no angel, but he's not a man who'll let an innocent woman be terrorized. He'll do whatever he can to keep Ariana safe from the duke. No matter how annoying she is. Topics: space opera, sci fi romantic suspense, space exploration, starship, empire, colonization, coming of age, military, pirate, space opera romance, dark romance,

The inception of a spiritual odyssey begins . . . Artka, once a nobleman’s son, is now a Carnalian soldier fighting a war against Ecclessa, which is said to be ruled by a ruthless Magician. Lost in the forest while escaping tophets, Artka is pierced by an Ecclessite’s kingsman sword—but the sword does not immediately harm nor kill. To survive the piercing and heal his heart’s wound, Artka seeks Logon who waits at the rock where he was slain, only to learn a new brigade is soon to be created and Artka is to be a kingsman of it. Invisible enemies lurk around him. Hate battles against him. Sacrifice is required of him. Knowledge awaits him. Only the runes on his Ecclessite sword can lead him to safety . . . if he can survive the journey.