This is a relatively new book and it incorporates some modern inventions in its story and after a slow start I'm hooked. Leaning on the premise of the Borg from Star Trek this book is fascinating and moves along at a good pace where it would have been easy to get bogged down with details the author has found a good balance.
Starting in the current time a tech magnet sets up a trust so his body will be cryogenically persevered after his death with the money he's made from selling his giant software company. Just as he's about to start enjoying his life and fortune he's run over by a bus outside a Las Vegas convention.
Waking up 130 years in the future he learns that his personality has been downloaded into a space probe that is designed to scout out Earths nearest stars for future colonisation. The world has moved on from where it was 130 years before and there are now distinct super groups controlling each of the world continents and each is biding to be the first to set up a colony in space. Having do deal with a new world Bob works his way through the training course and learns about the world as he does so. Bob is now the intelligence controlling a deep space probe thats to search for habitable planets around different stars and relay information back to his controllers.
Bob is sent out and is closely followed by a probe from a belligerent Brazilian empire and soon battle ensues. Bob has no weapons and only a 3D printer and a head start on his rival. Using his intelligence and the resources to hand bob works out some defences and takes on his foe. On the journey out his sensors picked up the nuclear war that came about as a result of his launch. Are the probes the only remains of life on earth ? how will Bob cope with years of space travel alone ? This is one well thought out book and its really well written, if you can and you're into Si-Fi then you should definitely read or listen to this as you'll be well entertained.
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