Utopia Engine Trilogy

In 2053, the technology meant to save Earth has become its greatest threat. When the AI systems controlling Earth's climate catastrophically fail, New York-and the world-plunges into chaos. Power grids collapse, communications go dark, and extreme weather ravages major cities. Kat Keeper, the startup founder who helped finance the now-broken AI technology, carries the weight of humanity's crisis on her shoulders. Determined to make things right, Kat leads a fierce band of female rebels in a desperate mission to restore Earth's systems before MIND, a sinister AI corporation, seizes total planetary control. But when her closest ally suffers a devastating breakdown, Kat must return to San Francisco to confront her own haunted past-and discover an unexpected chance at love with Renzo, an architect whose skills could prove crucial to their cause. As MIND's grip tightens and Renzo faces deportation to the hostile Northlands, Kat races against time to save both the man she's falling for and the planet itself. The key to Earth's salvation may lie in the most unlikely source: a pod of highly intelligent orcas who hold secrets that could change everything. Liberation is the explosive conclusion to the Utopia Engine Trilogy-a heart-pounding blend of climate fiction, romance, and technological thriller that explores what happens when humanity must learn to communicate not just with artificial intelligence, but with the natural world it has nearly destroyed. Praise for the Utopia Engine Trilogy "A constantly fresh and unpredictable story that leaves you craving the thread that connects it all." -Reader's Favorite 5-Star review for Surrender, book one of the Utopia Engine Trilogy Schneider shows us a world that many of us fear is just around the corner. When humanity gives up control to techno-capitalism as a saviour, especially in the face of climate change, dystopia isn't far away. Deft and alarmingly prescient. -Matt Gemmell, author of the KESTREL action-thriller series Lee Schneider's Resist is a clever novel that captures a world steeped in artificial intelligence and climate disruption that could soon be our own. - J.V. Hilliard, author of the Amazon-bestselling Warminster Series Resist is a fast-paced, mind-bending tale of a future controlled by technology and the steps we must take to regain and preserve what makes us truly human. - Karen Kinney, author of Doorways to Transformation: Everyday Wisdom for the Creative Soul, and The Reluctant Artist: Navigating and Sustaining a Creative Path In Resist, Lee Schneider offers an enthralling narrative that intertwines the fight against corporate tyranny with the deeply personal struggles faced by its protagonist, Kat Keeper. -5-Star Review, Reader's Favorite

It is 2050. Kat Keeper, an entrepreneur, hires an AI savant to recreate the consciousness of her husband, who has passed away. Soon, she is drawn into a love triangle with her husband's mind and the man who created it. Kat learns, only too late, that the man she hired leads a tech company that is working to capture the inner thoughts of all people, and use them to control the weather, all tech and learning, and even human will. Kat knows she must stop this, but doesn't know how. She is pursued by a secret circle of women who say they have the answer, and want her to lead them. Surrender takes place in a future where a global machine intelligence manages our climate disaster. While a tech company works to harvest every citizen's thoughts, a secret band of resisters struggles to keep human thought safe and free. It is book 1 in the Utopia Engine Trilogy.