Convinced that artificial intelligence holds the key to solving the world's most pressing problems, a brilliant inventor named John Founder is racing against shadowy groups to develop the first machine with superhuman intelligence. As John grows closer to achieving his goal, dramatic events force him to consider that realizing his ultimate ambition might come at the cost of destroying the very future he is trying to create. While John struggles with a decision that could have catastrophic consequences, an adversary with its own dark agenda is secretly plotting against him. In the book's explosive climax, opposing forces collide in an epic battle to determine the future of humanity.