In the Pod Series, an AI managed utopia and breathtaking technology spell the end of society as we know it. The Pod Series presents a chilling vision of the not-too-distant future. Character driven with danger and intrigue, betrayal and redemption, love won and lost; it delivers a good read. Fifty odd years removed from a transformational invention; the economy is managed by artificial intelligence with armies of robots delivering all goods and services. A revolutionary neural chip is developed that bypasses the five senses, communicating directly with the brain. The chip tells you that you see a tree and you do, even though no tree or image of a tree exists. You smell a flower, taste a strawberry, all because the chip fires the proper synapses in the brain. The technological breakthrough allows creation of alternate realities each tailored to the individual. This substitute life soon usurps the real one. No more disappointment, failure, boredom.
The Pod Series by Charles Kohls
