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The Society's Demon Kindle Edition

by Matthew Lloyd (Author), Steve Dean (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.3 19 ratings

Book 1 of 2: The Society

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A teenager living alone in the brutal slums of South Africa. An ex-soldier and computer specialist grieving for his family. A brilliant young physicist acting as the spokesperson for a radical new charitable organization. The futures of all three of these people are bound by ANI, the world’s first true artificial neural intelligence, and the first computer with human emotions. With her EDAI educational programs, ANI is changing the world we live in, providing free education to any who want to learn, starting with those places most affected by grinding poverty.

When a mysterious plague kills millions of people almost overnight, those who don’t trust ANI blame her for the deaths and begin calling for her to be shut down. When Aaron Parker is sent to Johannesburg to investigate one of ANI’s many facilities, he finds a utopia, filled with those rescued from the streets and empowered to change their own lives. But what is the real cost of this bright new future, what are the consequences of creating a machine with feelings, and how was it achieved? ANI’s creator has disappeared, and now she is beyond all human control. Will humanity pay the ultimate price for a better world?

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Matthew Lloyd could be described as an entrepreneur and a lover of languages. He was born in Houston, Texas, holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and is pretty sure that his life experiences have a lot more worth than anything he's ever learned in a classroom.

Matthew currently lives in Austin with his wife and their Yorkshire terrier, Martini, and he could have been made for the Einstein quote - 'I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.'

As well as an eclectic range of business interests, which include opening a hotel in Colombia and growing crops in Belize, Matthew is also a keen writer and his first book, The Society's Demon, was self-published in 2017. This is the first in a planned trilogy and Matthew is hard at work on the second book, which willbe called The Society of One.

When he has some time to himself, Matthew loves going to the movies, is a budding amateur photographer and enjoys traveling with his wife. He has lived in numerous countries in South America and speaks three languages fluently. He is hoping to add to this very shortly as he is studying Norwegian.

As far as the future is concerned, Matthew hopes to keep traveling, writing and learning new things as he goes, fueling his curiosity and his imagination.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01NBPABR6
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 8, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1028 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 269 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #3,557,376 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #33,913 in Science Fiction Adventure
- #74,031 in Science Fiction Adventures

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Steve Dean was born and still lives in the city of Nottingham in the UK. During his career in IT support, Steve began writing in his spare time before eventually becoming a full-time freelancer. Over the last twenty-five years, Steve has become a prolific creator of science fiction and fantasy novels, short stories, and material for tabletop and video games.
Inspired by many years of reading genre fiction, his stories are action-packed and filled with adventure, told through the eyes of fully-formed characters. Humour is important to Steve, he includes it in most of his stories, even those that might be quite dark.
When not working, Steve likes to play tabletop and video role-playing games, watch science fact and fiction, and read any genre material he can get his hands on. He also grows cacti and house plants, makes furniture, and tinkers with computers and other technology.
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Matthew Lloyd could be described as an entrepreneur and a lover of languages. He was born in Houston, Texas, holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and is pretty sure that his life experiences have a lot more worth than anything he’s ever learned in a classroom.
Matthew currently lives in Austin with his wife and their Yorkshire terrier, Martini, and he could have been made for the Einstein quote – ‘I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.’
As well as an eclectic range of business interests, which include opening a hotel in Colombia and growing crops in Belize, Matthew is also a keen writer and his first book, The Society’s Demon, was self-published in 2017. This is the first in a planned trilogy and Matthew is hard at work on the second book, which will be called The Society of One.
When he has some time to himself, Matthew loves going to the movies, is a budding amateur photographer and enjoys traveling with his wife. He has lived in numerous countries in South America and speaks three languages fluently. He is hoping to add to this very shortly as he is studying Norwegian.
As far as the future is concerned, Matthew hopes to keep traveling, writing and learning new things as he goes, fueling his curiosity and his imagination.
See more on the author's page

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Uncle SAM

Journey into strangeness.

Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2023

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This book was more than a bit odd. It jumps around between characters and places leaving the reader grasping to follow the story's leading. A supercomputer work to build a better world and two youngish persons in very bad places in Africa and South America trying to just survive. The computer is working thru and with them for both their benefit and its/her's. It's confusing and enlightening but does keep the reader dragging on. This book should probably be for older YRs and the mature.

Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2023

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I enjoyed this one and am curious to see where it goes. The writing is okay. The authors give you almost the barest minimum of info for you to construct this world in your head. Although I appreciate the chance to imagine this world, the writing is bland. It was the story that kept me interested. I guess I would call it the writing style did not. There is so much you can do with language but they don't seem to know that. They knew enough however to write an interesting and enjoyable story. Cool characters. It's refreshing to see a benign AI. Well at least for now it is. I look forward to the next instalment.

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D.T.

The authors have done a great job exploring the consequences of such an outbreak in ...

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2017

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The Society’s Demon is a sensational sci-fi book revolving around a revolutionary concept, the application of artificial intelligence to every day’s life. The authors have done a great job exploring the consequences of such an outbreak in science, both positive and negative ones.

The characters of this novel are superbly described. You feel a strong connection with them; it’s like you experience their lives, delve into their thoughts and feelings, taste their fears, and embrace their hopes. My favorite character was definitely Jonas, a young boy living in the suburbs of South Africa; a strong, smart kid with a great heart, helping others without seeing himself as a hero; searching justice without seeing himself as a vigilante…

Matthew Lloyd and Steve Dean are exceptional authors. Their ability to write fluidly and to describe in fine details every single event and character is simply breathtaking. I could clearly visualize in my mind every event and every place they talked about in their novel. I wish this book could be turned into a movie someday.

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More of an introduction than a book

Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2017

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Something like a serial story you would find in a magazine back in the day. Not fond of this approach. Story line could be good.

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2017

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This book is a page turner! Matthew Lloyd does an excellent job of balancing the right amount of science fiction, with real world implications. The Society’s Demon takes the reader on a riveting story where the lives of three main characters are changed by the invention of artificial neural intelligence, (ANI). What makes this book so good is the fact that technology is on the verge of creating such a thing, and therefore the story is believable. The characters in the book are relatable, as they are faced with dealing with the changing world as a result of this technology. It’s not hard to place yourself in the shoes of any one of the main characters and understand their actions.
The story is overall well written and very descriptive. I love the author’s use of descriptive writing to tell the story. This book is enjoyable and fun. I would love to see it made into a movie, it has the makings of a great sci-fi film.

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Hey Presto

A Wonderful Piece of Intelligent Sci-Fi

Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2017

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To be honest, I'm struggling a bit with this one. The book starts wonderfully. The style of writing is easy and brilliantly well done. Characters are introduced that you immediately find ways to relate to. The over arching concept of AI is relevant and the premise well thought through. However, the ending of the book is very abrupt and left me with more questions than answers - is there to be a book 2 then? Or is the ending left to our own imagination? It was as if the authors set out on a magnificent foray only to decide halfway through to finish it as soon as possible. Frankly, I'm puzzled and I think the authors missed an opportunity I really do.

The book's Amazon description is accurate. I too felt the concern and mistrust around the project to bring ANI to life. From day one, the project has secret and sinister undertones that the people tasked with monitoring the project are unaware of. The creator of ANI has a second and deeply personal objective it seems. The world ANI is able to create as a result is truly a utopia. I thought there were some good observations on what emotions are and how humans use them in the book as well. Interesting facets of viewpoints on how humanity is and where it may go that are very relevant in today's rapidly changing and increasingly nationalist world. I can't give too much more away as to do so would take something away from actually reading the book but as stated above, things twist and turn in the last few pages of the book and one is left wondering what happened? Why didn't the authors explore the concept further? Why did they not deliver on the salivating promise of the opening half of the book?

A thought that was at the back of my mind as I progressed through the book is what would it like to be God? ANI has Godlike qualities and through her activities, is literally able to experience everything and even guide people through their own experiences. She is God-like in many respects and there is a partially explored strand to the book that explores the concept of being God-like. For me and my interests, this was a fascinating extension to the traditional AI story - such as like that of 2001 - A Space Odyssey and its AI computer HAL 9000. In fact, the approach to the story was refreshing and different to many books I have read that include a super computer or AI.

Despite my frustrations with the ending - which is a good thing really because plainly I was captivated by this story and my disappointment is a result of that - I think the book is well worth buying and reading. It is truly well written and there are a lot of strands to the story that will get your thoughts ticking in different and perhaps unfamiliar directions.

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Arizona Smith

It had potential but fell short

Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2017

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Needs work. Started really slow. I quit reading it twice and picked it up again before it got interesting. That happened when ANI appeared. My biggest issue with this story is that it has no ending. Seems like just a springboard to the next book. Does that one have an ending? The first book in a series needs to stand on its own, even if it teases the sequel. This one doesn't. Not a single loose end is tied up. I cant recommend this one.

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I was very sad to realize that there is not even a publication ...

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2017

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I was very sad to realize that there is not even a publication date for the next one. I really enjoyed the book, and I also look forward to watching this author continue to grow in his craft.

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