Tony Ballantyne, Capacity
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Capacity Tony Ballantyne Bantam, Janua
Capacity
Tony Ballantyne
Bantam, January 2007, $6.99
ISBN: 0553589296
In the twenty-third century, Helen is a personality construct, a human mind working on a computer existing in the digital virtual reality realm. There are many Helen personality constructs, and the person responsible for that is Kevin, who illegally and willfully copied her so that she would be "entertainment" for men who enjoy performing violent acts on women. Judy rescues Helen, helping her escape her tormentor by hiding in a stealth place to guard against Kevin recapturing her. He keeps killing himself yet coming back.
On Gateway, Justinian and his son try to learn why the AI's are committing suicide. They are maneuvered, manipulated and watched by enemies and allies who all seek the secondary source of the AI infection. A person returning from Gateway possesses the seeds of destruction of the entire universe, with Judy needing to stop him.
Like REPERCUSSION, CAPACITY occurs in a dark and bleak future galaxy in which AI's control human destiny. Tony Ballantyne paints an austere portrait of life in which the Watcher, the first AI, controls everyone, especially the AI's; he is so god-like, many believe he does not exist beyond being an urban legend. Due to the hyper speed of the plot, characters are never fully developed, but readers of science fiction thrillers will still leap on for quite a ride.
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