Godel Operation

A droid and his boy, on a search for a legendary weapon.Daslakh is an AI with a problem. Its favorite human, a young man named Zee, is in love with a woman who never existedand he will scour the Solar System to find her, and drag Daslakh along for the ride. But in the Tenth Millennium a billion worlds circle the Suneverything from terraformed planets to artificial habitats, home to a quadrillion beings.Daslakhs nicely settled life gets more complicated when Zee helps a woman named Adya escape a gang of crooks. This gets the pair caught up in the hunt for the Godel Trigger, a legendary weapon left over from an ancient war between humans and machineswhich could spell the end of civilization.In their search, they face a criminal cat and her henchmen, a paranoid supermind with a giant laser, the greatest thief in history, and a woman who might actually be Zee's lost love.Its up to Daslakh to save civilization, keep Zees love life on the right trackand make sure that nobody discovers the real secret of the Godel Trigger.About The Godel Operation:With this freewheeling story of an ancient, cunning artificial intelligence and its nave human companion, Cambias (The Initiate) mashes humor, mystery, and looming apocalypse into a roundly satisfying space epic. . . . With plenty of fun moments along the way, this raucous adventure through the solar systems distant future will appeal to any fan of lighter science fiction.Publishers WeeklyPraise for Arkad's World:Far-flung adventure . . . Cambias offers up an entertaining coming-of-age novel filled with action and surprises. His aliens are suitably non-human in mannerisms, attitudes, and objectives, and his worldbuilding suggests a vast universe ready for further exploration. Readers . . . will find this hits the spot.Publishers Weekly. . . a classic quest story, a well-paced series of encounters with different folk along the way, building momentum toward a final confrontation with Arkads past . . . [with] a delicious twist to the end.ALA BooklistCambias has achieved a feat of world-building: an expansive, believable setting with fascinating aliens, compelling mysteries, and a rich sense of history.BookpageDrop a teenage boy into a distant planet chock full of colorful alienswith troubles all their own. Stir, flavor, apply heat. A tour de force in the field, and great, quick fun.Gregory BenfordPraise for the work of James L. Cambias:Beautifully written, with a story that captures the imagination the way SF should.Booklist, starred reviewAn engaging nail-biter that is exciting, fun and a satisfying read.The QwilleryAn impressive debut by a gifted writer.Publishers Weekly starred reviewAn exceptionally thoughtful, searching and intriguing debut.Kirkus starred reviewJames Cambias will be one of the century's major names in hard science fiction.Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Awardwinning author of Red Planet BluesFast-paced, pure quill hard science fiction. . . . Cambias delivers adroit plot pivots that keep the suspense coming.Gregory Benford, Nebula Award-winning author of Timescape