The Kraken Project.nfo
General Information
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Title: The Kraken Project
Author: Douglas Preston
Read By: Scott Sowers
Series: Wyman Ford, Book 4
Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers: Suspense
Copyright: 2014
Audiobook Copyright: 2014
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Release date: 2014-05-13
Duration: 12 hrs and 28 mins
Media Information
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Encoded Codec: MP3 / 10CD
Encoded Sample Rate: 32000 Hz
Encoded Channels: 2
Encoded Bitrate: 80 kbits
Book Description
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Wyman Ford is back again in The Kraken Project, the thrilling new novel from New York Times best-selling 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?
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