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"The Io Cycle" is a compilation of three novellas featuring a plucky duo of Io Jaxx, Level One Solver, and his whiz-kid sidekick Dexter Eul as they venture across the galaxy setting wrongs to right.

How was she persuaded into participating in the bio-weapon test phase? Stylphus, the renegade arms manufacturer, thought they could create a pathogen that taps into the sex drive as a means to craft soldiers into compliant, and yet highly motivated killers. What could possibly go wrong with that?

Koorg was his name and his claim to fame was that he'd kill anyone who would try to tame him. He was vile and grotesque, had a hunchback frame. He was a monster. Gaar was his pawn and his righthand man who loved to torture and butcher whenever he can. He had an ulcerous, puss-hide slime-covered hand. He was unsightly.

Friend, you're asking yourself how it is that Io and Dexter developed this bond, this friendship, Well, it all came about in an earlier time, a greener time, and the story that's told goes like this . . .

Andy’s origin story starts with renowned psych professor Cyrus Bergen’s dream of creating the perfect man - that and a table full of anatomical parts at Robotics International. When R.I. flips the switch to activate their prototype, Andy’s job is to make Cyrus’ dream come true. Problem is, Andy’s emerging notions about independence and self-determination don’t fit in at all with R.I.’s business model.

He’s spent his career searching the stars for the ultimate prize. When he finds it, he must fight to preserve a lost civilization. Deep space, 2180. Interstellar salvager Kees DeWet wants his life to mean more than money. So when he discovers an abandoned spacecraft, he can’t help but be enthralled by a video message from the long-dead crew. Refusing to scrap the vessel as ordered, he inspires a mutiny that lands him in the brig. Driven to protect the legacy of the doomed passengers, Kees escapes arrest and powers up the derelict.

The Andy Series: Season One is an omnibus collection of the eight novellas in the thought-provoking Andy science fiction series. If you like AI with a soul, biting social commentary, and quirky characters, then you’ll love Dirk Walvoord’s futuristic fable.

When artificial intelligences cross the threshold of the singularity, what will that look like? Will they bring about the end of humanity as we know it, or will they be a boon, a balm, an elixir that heals the ills of humankind? And what if that AI is housed in an anatomically correct and fully functional chassis? The final novella of the Andy series wraps up the storylines of the first seven episodes. That doesn't mean that all questions are answered. What is the future for Andy and all the models of the Andy line, for Marianne Faithful and all the models of the Adrienne line?

For the anatomically correct and fully functional models of the Andy line, birth begins with the click of a switch. Does it end that way, too, or is there something more to it? The tale so far has been like love at first sight. But as love matures, as lovers look ahead, what future is there to an android/human interaction? What if, “You can’t die, right?” is answered with, “Well, actually.... ”? Seems appropriate that a story cast in the visionary and metaphysical science fiction genre should deal with something deeper than puppy love. Hence Morte.

The technicians at Robotics International assumed that Marianne would revert to Adrienne model number 86 after the wiping process was over. Pamela thought if she could get Dick’s hand into the wiper’s interface that he would go back to being Andy model zero-zero-nine. Wrong both times. Now each of them has proven that it takes more than a wiping to keep a good android down.

Libre is about the freedom to choose. When is an anatomically correct and fully functional android truly free to choose? Cyrus Bergen, the world-renowned psychology professor, taught Andy the skill set to be likeable. “Repeat actions and behaviors your lessee likes and avoid repeating the things she doesn’t like.” Easy peasy.