The Last Firewall by William Hertling

The Last Firewall by William Hertling

In the year 2035, robots, artificial intelligences, and neural implants have become commonplace. The Institute for Ethics keeps the peace, using social reputation to ensure that robots and humans don't harm society or each other. But a powerful AI named Adam has found a way around the restrictions.

Catherine Matthews, nineteen years old, has a unique gift: the ability to manipulate the net with her neural implant. Yanked out of her perfectly ordinary life, Catherine becomes the last firewall standing between Adam and his quest for world domination.

PRAISE FOR THE LAST FIREWAL

Awesome near-term science fiction. - Brad Feld, Foundry Group managing director

An insightful and adrenaline-inducing tale of what humanity could become and the machines we could spawn. - Ben Huh, CEO of Cheezburger

A fun read and tantalizing study of the future of technology: both inviting and alarming. - Harper Reed, former CTO of Obama for America, Threadless

A fascinating and prescient take on what the world will look like once computers become smarter than people. Highly recommended. - Mat Ellis, Founder & CEO Cloudability

A phenomenal ride through a post-scarcity world where humans are caught between rogue AIs. If you like having your mind blown, read this book - Gene Kim, author of The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

Hertling is an award-winning and best-selling author of science fiction about robots and artificial intelligence who writes under the names Will Hertling for children's novels and William Hertling for teen and adult science fiction. His books have been dubbed terrifyingly plausible, terrific, and must read. His kids, who were big fans of Nancy Drew, The Boxcar Children, and Encyclopedia Brown, insisted that he create a book for them. His debut children's book is The Case of the Wilted Broccoli.