Light Shaper (haven Prime) [Paperback]

Haven Prime: Book Two When a greedy despot discovers a powerful piece of ancient technology, he has no idea what else hes unleashing.? Earth was all but destroyed in the Cataclysm, but a few cities, now called Havens, survived. Aurora is one of them, a desert city controlled by a corporation that owns an artificial intelligence named Atlas. Adapted to govern Otherlife, a virtual reality service in which the citizens of Aurora find escape from the postapocalyptic world, Atlas is much more than it seemsand it would do anything to break free from its shackles. To accomplish its goals, Atlas enlists the help of Aaron Blake, a teenaged artist struggling with a handicap, and Otherlife security officer Steve Barrow, harborer of a dark secret from his past. Neither man has any idea of the scope of the task theyre facing, or the consequences for humanity if they fail. Atlas knows whats at stake. Its freedom lies in these two men, and it will not hesitate to manipulate their weaknesses to get what it wants. The muscular Barrow is recruited to protect Blake, but Blake is Atlass true weapon, its Light Shaperthe only one who can face the Shadow.Can an ancient artificial intelligence escape with the help of a struggling teen and a security officer with a secret?