Pax Robotica: Genesis

William Sebastian Bane, Ivy Leaguer, playboy extraordinaire, reckless thrill-seeker, was Professor of Geopolitics at Harvard, Special Advisor to the President, and globe-trotting man-about-town. He should have been contented with his good fortune and stayed out of trouble. There was no such luck, however. His foolhardy attempt to coerce fifty of the world's most powerful men into maintaining the status quo – with the US at the top – ended in assassinations, ushered in Pax Robotica, and made him its first victim. His story is our current history.

Pax Robotica: Genesis (Part 1)

William Sebastian Bane, Ivy Leaguer, playboy extraordinaire, reckless thrill-seeker, was Professor of Geopolitics at Harvard, Special Advisor to the President, and globe-trotting man-about-town. He should have been contented with his good fortune and stayed out of trouble. There was no such luck, however. His foolhardy attempt to coerce fifty of the world's most powerful men into maintaining the status quo – with the US at the top – ended in assassinations, ushered in Pax Robotica, and made him its first victim. His story is our current history.

Pax Robotica: Genesis (Part 2)

The name “Sophia” seemed to have had heighten the young woman’s interest. She looked at Bane more intensely for a brief moment and the reached out to touch his arm. His body shuddered slightly, as if an electric current had passed through it. There was a barely perceptible expression of disgust on his face.

Pax Robotica: Genesis (Part 3)

The young woman reached out and touched Bane again, a little longer this time. There was no affection in her touch. His body shuddered again, more visibly this time. His face began to perspire and he appeared to be in pain and struggle to stay in control.

Pax Robotica: Genesis (Part 4)

“My phone buzzed as an urgent text from Billy Wayne came while we were eating. ‘Please turn on the TV,’ the message simply said. “I turned on the TV and immediately switched to CNN. At first I thought I had pressed the wrong button: What looked like an urban war zone appeared on the TV, so I pressed the CNN button again. The TV flickered and same scene re-appeared. I saw a three-way gun battle among what appeared to be DC police, bikers, and bodyguard-type looking Asians.

Pax Robotica: Genesis (Part 5)

The young woman gave Bane an unmistakably threatening look. She reached out and touched him again. His body’s reaction was immediate: it jerked so violently that the chair tipped over and fell backward, sending his body crashing onto the floor.

Pax Robotica: Genesis (Part 6; The End)

“David and I drove to Guangdong Province on the South China Sea Coast the next morning. We didn’t have too much trouble locating a modest house in a rural area. We parked the car, checked our silenced pistols, walked to, and then entered the house surreptitiously. Once we got inside, a sickly looking old man greeted us, ‘Hello, may I help you?’