The Dark Side of Dreams (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Marjorie Noble, 2025
- Softcover
- New
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Paperback. One hundred years after Gunter Holden, CEO of Virtual Enterprises Inc., self-deletes, the sequel to Babylon Dreams answers questions, including: Yes, people can exist for near-eternity as digital human beings; and yes, for some, the virtual afterlife becomes not a heaven, but a hell.Mira Holden knows Bali Hai-her grandfather's virtual paradise-is a zoo-like purgatory presided over by Donavan Hosseini, who rules his world with favors and immense pain. Mira, with the help of attorney Byron Hernandez, has other plans.To reclaim VEI, Mira seeks a mind-upload copy of Gunter, made more than a century ago. She finds it in a closet. This version is untainted by crimes the original Gunter committed. Bali Hai is now Shemathra's Realm. Obeying Hosseini's corrupt deity humans manifest as herd animals. Manifesting as humans means heavy taxes and risking painful deletion.To restore Bali Hai, Mira uploads the copy to Shemathra. To expose Hosseini's crimes, this new Gunter goes as a spy, recording the brutality in the human colonies.Besides answers to a Pandora's box of technological questions, The Dark Side of Dreams asks: Is a copy of "you" really you? What, truly, is a soul? Will we ever know? The Dark Side of Dreams is a sequel to Babylon Dreams. Escaping VR hell, Gunter self-deleted.Finding a copy of Gunter's mind-upload, Mira will get back her grandfather's company was stolen. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. …
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- Title
- The Dark Side of Dreams (Paperback)
- Author
- Marjorie Kaye Noble
- Publisher
- Marjorie Noble
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798998860218
Babylon Dreams opened a Pandora’s Box of questions of technology and what it means to
be human.
The Dark Side of Dreams pursues this further. In the big business of after-death
VR, who protects the vulnerable? To escape a VR hell scape, Gunter Holden deleted himself.
A century later, his descendent, Mira discovers a copy of Gunter’s mind-upload. Convinced her grandfather’s after-death company was stolen she wants to get it back. In Shemathra, citizens must pay tribute to the Goddess or risk painful deletion. Mira uploads the copy of Gunter. If he wants to escape, he must witness and record unspeakable crimes.
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