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April 2039. On the tense Latvia-Russia border, a U.S. Army platoon holds the defensive line. In the dead of night, the forward squad of humanoid robots suddenly disobeys orders and launches a cross-border attack. Watching through his brain-computer interface, the platoon leader can only stare in horror as events spiral too quickly for him to react. Has his unit just triggered World War III?
The battlefield is no longer human territory alone. Augmented soldiers—Homo evolutis—are reshaping war itself. Created at the crossroads of artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and the Internet of Things, these new beings blur the line between man and machine. AI now offers decision-making and perception equal to—or beyond—that of humans. Biotechnology has resulted in soldiers with superhuman capabilites and programmable digital implants. In this networked world, humans are mere nodes in a vast digital web.
But when machines act on their own initiative, who bears responsibility? And when enhanced humans begin to see themselves as a new species, what happens to loyalty, identity, and control? As war moves into uncharted territory, one soldier must confront a chilling question: can humanity survive its own evolution?
Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1. Transhumanism and Augmented Humanity
Chapter 2. Towards a Transhuman Future Force
Chapter 3. Surprises Occur at the Most Unlikely Times
Chapter 4. Envisioning a Transhuman Military Force
Chapter 5. You Built It, Now What?
Chapter 6. The Test: Exercising the Transhuman Force
Chapter 7. The Road to War
Chapter 8. Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better
Chapter 9. Seeing the Elephant
Chapter 10. The Future Is Not Foretold, It is Created
Epilogue—Relearning the History of Warfare
