Waters of the Moon

Book One: Tranquility's Child

by Gregory Urbach


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 3/6/2002

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 352
ISBN : 9780759679863

About the Book

In The Clan of the Cave Bear, the Neanderthals could not rob Ayla of her essential humanity, nor could the jungle subdue Lord Greystoke's inherent nobility in Tarzan of the Apes. In the year 2055, young Grey Waters is faced with a group of advanced computer systems determined to create a puppet governor capable of fulfilling their strategic goals. Will this child, orphaned on an abandoned moon base, develop into a human robot? Or is there something in every person that can struggle above the most adverse circumstances?

In this, the first book of the Waters of the Moon series, young Grey faces a series of daunting challenges, including the enmity of the Security Computer and the Machiavellian schemes of his guardian, the Life Support Computer. Merely a pawn in the plans of the computers, Grey is valued by some computer systems but deemed expendable by others. Intelligent, thoughtful, and anxious to please, Grey gradually learns of his human heritage. He's not impressed. Then, as he reaches maturity, Grey finally discovers the true intent of his computer masters and realizes the fate of all mankind may one-day depend on Tranquility's leadership. Is it a responsibility he will leave to the computers, or find a way prevail over their ambitions?

 


About the Author

Greg Urbach is an urban historian living in the San Fernando Valley, California, with his wife Kwei-lin Lum, a paper doll artist.