
This Fractured Isle
by Joe Alexander

An epic warning of the dangers of technology, ending in victory over a man-made evil. A world on its knees, defeat of a malevolent intelligence, the union of two peoples from opposite sides of the world and the beginning of an Empire. While investigating her fiancé’s death, Sarah uncovers a sentient web of alien intelligence -The Beast. The story tells how the web is destroyed, as civilisation collapses, and its slow recovery, ending in witnessing the final destiny of The Beast.