CJ Williams

When Asha said she wanted to give the Chinese hackers a piece of her mind, she didn’t mean it literally. But that’s what happens when medical technology goes awry. Doctors promised they could teach her brain to read digital signals. They gave her a fully functional visual prosthetic that transmits images across her optic nerve directly to the visual cortex. The module even has wi-fi so they can monitor the signal traffic to her brain. They didn’t anticipate her brain would figure out how to use the wi-fi connection both ways. Asha can now see the Internet.ASHA BECOMES THE ULTIMATE HACKERAs her digital brain develops, she creates an online alter ego, a true artificial intelligence. In fact, she can access every bit of data in the world, even files that are supposed to be secret. Since the FBI promises handsome rewards for capturing criminals on their Most Wanted list, Asha becomes a bounty hunter. The AI she calls Abbot becomes her right hand as she goes to work tracking down international terrorists. Unfortunately, she is so effective, the government believes she may be a co-conspirator. When they refuse to pay her, she walks out.IT’S NOT JUST THE FBI WHO SUSPECT HERWhen Asha crosses paths with Chinese military hackers, she stops them by taking out Shanghai’s electrical grid. The communist government wants to know who did it and how. After Asha gives a copy of Abbot to her husband’s company, things go downhill. The Chinese military steals a copy of it and immediately recognizes its military significance. Their top priority, however, is to take out the woman who came up with it in the first place.CHINA FLEXES ITS NEW CYBER WARFARE TOOLUsing her own technology against her, the Chinese suddenly become a serious threat to the US. The FBI calls Asha back and asks a stop the Chinese attack. She agrees, but this time there are conditions. Either they pay upfront, or she will take care of the Asian threat in her own way, and knowing Asha, that could mean World War Three.

THE HEROLieutenant Colonel Brian Kidd is a man’s man, a fighter pilot extraordinaire, and a combat veteran. But he’s got a problem—the Admiral wants his hide. Brian tries to lay low by accepting a temporary duty assignment off the ship but winds up in even deeper trouble. Now, he’s a babysitter. His charge is twenty-five-year-old Rosa Blackburn, the only daughter of King Lucas and Queen Annabelle.THE PRINCESSBorn in captivity on a radioactive planet, Princess Rosa is dying. Even the Nobility’s vaunted medical prowess cannot help. But Rosa has heard a rumor; there may be a solution. It would mean breaking her father’s harshest decree, an offense punishable by death—the construction of a living machine.THE KINGTo save his wife and daughter, King Lucas once experimented with a synthetic life form—an android of himself—and the thing tried to kill him! The experience proved how deadly the forbidden technology is for humankind. Whether it’s androids or the Bakkui, Luke’s philosophy is always to shoot first.THE DILEMMABrian has to decide. Would the king authorize a mechanical upgrade for his daughter if it saved her life? The technology has unlimited potential, and with a bit of tinkering, Brian could even use it against the Bakkui, perhaps defeat them. Too late he realizes the king was right after all. The biggest threat to humanity is a living artificial intelligence, and Brian himself is a case in point.THE WARLORD SAGA is an epic science fiction adventure that spans the galaxy. Each book is a stand-alone novel in the Nobility universe.The Commander - Book One. Luke Blackburn discovers The Nobility has selected him to lead the battle against the Bakkui, a menace that threatens all of humanity.The Nobility - Book Two. Carrie, Luke’s protégé, discovers the Nobility is being shattered from within. To save it from ruin, she strikes at the heart of Bakkui and is forced to take steps as evil as the enemy she is trying to kill.The Warlord - Book Three. Carrie and Luke face new antagonists, and the deadliest is of their own making.The Descendant - Book Four. Luke and Annie’s only daughter, Rosa, is dying. Lieutenant Colonel Brian Kidd, a fighter pilot in Luke’s military force, can save her life, but only if he’s willing to violate the king’s harshest edict.