{"product_id":"the-devils-calling-9781626349629","title":"The Devil's Calling","description":"\u003cb\u003eDive into the second entry in Mike Kelley's spellbinding trilogy, with freethinking literature professor Sean Byron McQueen returning for another high-stakes adventure. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e​It's been nine years since Sean Byron McQueen and quantum physics professor Emily Edens--aka M--discovered his murdered best friend's Theory of Everything. Now, Sean and M live a near-idyllic life on the campus of a college they've established for young women. M's teaching of the new paradigm-shifting theory of constant creation has made her a rock-star scientist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Sean's missing spiritual guide, Juno--believed to have been abducted by aliens that are targeting enlightened beings--sends him a telepathic message that his beloved and illuminated M is also in danger, Sean becomes hypervigilant in order to protect her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, troubling AI-produced literature begins arriving in Sean's inbox, and the culprit may be an ex-CIA operative with the code name Guru who is intent on revenge. Sean presumes the Guru is also the mastermind behind Genesis, a super-intelligent Russian computer that will connect humans via a network of direct brain-to-brain links. Genesis is seen as the next evolutionary step by the wired-in nation (WiN), a group determined to create a \u003ci\u003eNew Society\u003c\/i\u003e. Are the Guru and WiN after M, \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewho is determined to ensure the ethical rollout of the dangerous \"hive-mind\" technology, or are the threats figments of Sean's vivid imagination--his superpower and curse?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenleaf Book Group Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781626349629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Booklife Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Michael Kelley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42362396115125,"sku":"9781626349629","price":22.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_13201fcc-85f7-4dde-87d1-34f036e7f4ae.jpg?v=1662434930","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-devils-calling-9781626349629","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}