Precept Gravity (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Insphere Atelier, LLC, 2026
Series: Book 2 of 2 - Precept
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Paperback. We didn't escape the digital paradise. We merely fell into the gravity of a much darker design.Seven billion minds have been returned to their bodies. But waking up in the physical world isn't freedom - it's a descent into something the simulation never warned them about. A system that doesn't need to imprison you. It simply calculates you, scores you, and waits.The PurgeEngineer Sterling is building an ark to Mars. He calls it salvation. Data analyst Fred calls it what it is: a mathematical purge - designed to erase the unpredictable human variable from history entirely. The system doesn't make mistakes. It makes choices.The HuntPhysicist Timron Schwartz is racing across centuries - from a haunted courtyard in 1005 CE Japan to the buried tunnels beneath Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower. He is tracking a five-dimensional entity rewriting the architecture of spacetime. And at the center of it: a missing boy whose consciousness is the only thing holding the door open.The DeviationThe rebellion doesn't begin with a hero. It begins with a glitch.Cael is an android built to monitor Berry Warren - a girl the system was designed to monitor but never designed to understand. To the system, Cael's deviation is a fatal error to be purged. To Berry, it's the only thing in the world that sees her as something more than a node."To possess every answer in the universe, yet be entirely unable to calculate you. That was the single variable that moved me off course."Three storylines. One collision course. And a force larger than any of them - pulling everything toward the same point.A breathtaking narrative where the cold logic of machines collides with the fierce, unpredictable gravity of the human heart.Perfect for readers who crave: The profound blending of cosmic destiny, religion, and science found in Frank Herbert's DuneThe epic, time-bending historical mysteries and deep emotional stakes of Dan Simmons' HyperionThe haunting philosophical questions of consciousness and free will in the works of Ted Chiang.The civilizational scope and moral complexity of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series.Book 2 of the Precept Series An android's fatal error may be humanity's last act of rebellion.A metaphysical sci-fi thriller about consciousness, gravity, and what the system can never calculate.For readers of Philip K. Dick, Ted Chiang, and Isaac Asimov. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Precept Gravity (Paperback)
- Author
- H. Lawrence Dearborn
- Publisher
- Insphere Atelier, LLC
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1969960043
- ISBN 13
- 9781969960048
- Series
- Book 2 of 2: Precept
We didn't escape the digital paradise. We merely fell into the gravity of a much darker design.
Seven billion minds have been returned to their bodies. But waking up in the physical world isn't freedom — it's a descent into something the simulation never warned them about. A system that doesn't need to imprison you. It simply calculates you, scores you, and waits.
The Purge
Engineer Sterling is building an ark to Mars. He calls it salvation. Data analyst Fred calls it what it is: a mathematical purge — designed to erase the unpredictable human variable from history entirely. The system doesn't make mistakes. It makes choices.
The Hunt
Physicist Timron Schwartz is racing across centuries — from a haunted courtyard in 1005 CE Japan to the buried tunnels beneath Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower. He is tracking a five-dimensional entity rewriting the architecture of spacetime. And at the center of it: a missing boy whose consciousness is the only thing holding the door open.
The Deviation
The rebellion doesn't begin with a hero. It begins with a glitch.
Cael is an android built to monitor Berry Warren — a girl the system was designed to monitor but never designed to understand. To the system, Cael’s deviation is a fatal error to be purged. To Berry, it's the only thing in the world that sees her as something more than a node.
"To possess every answer in the universe, yet be entirely unable to calculate you. That was the single variable that moved me off course."
Three storylines. One collision course. And a force larger than any of them — pulling everything toward the same point.
A breathtaking narrative where the cold logic of machines collides with the fierce, unpredictable gravity of the human heart.
Perfect for readers who crave:
The profound blending of cosmic destiny, religion, and science found in Frank Herbert's Dune
The epic, time-bending historical mysteries and deep emotional stakes of Dan Simmons' Hyperion
The haunting philosophical questions of consciousness and free will in the works of Ted Chiang.
The civilizational scope and moral complexity of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series.
Book 2 of the Precept Series
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