What will it be like, out in the future? For people like you and me, the ones in the trenches of life. What will artificial intelligence really want to do? Will the gene splicers help true up the race, or trash it? Is there anything about what we are now which will be useful …out there??Meet… A broken pilot, O’Brien, and Katya, a quadriplegic. In a winner-take-all race to beat an unexpected competitor to mine a fortune in rare metal ... before it becomes nuclear fuel.Frankie. A college girl with a completely one-of-a-kind boyfriend, Al. Unlicensed and unloved, he goes about converting… the world.Michael. A teenager lost in a world where society is dissolving faster than he can grow up.Thriller. A sweet-sixteen girl wandering the galaxy. From one opening…to the next … to the next. She has no idea who she really is …and neither does her ‘mother.’RarsIf HalE. A man on a mission, seeking out slathering monsters who scrape their human victims off their claws...into their belly's. The start for planet overhaul.Streeter. At 33 she's already on the run. From the gaming corporations and the corporate enforcers. Her one asset is her dying ship, the 'Calamity Jayne.' She doesn't know it, but she's got an Ace up her sleeve. A much better card to play than even she could ever hope for. ....Connor. … and more. People faced with ‘future-challenges.’ Technology displacement. Adaptation. Mutation. Survival. Relationships from test tube lots and problems from someone's scrap pile.Nine different stories of people in tomorrow’s world. One book. Ready to warm and entertain your spare moments. Trapped in the Amazon forest, a resort hotel or the doctor’s office.