A novel By Kurt Madden
The Speed
of Everything
At the confluence of AI, government, family, and grief, society grapples with the consequences of playing god.
Synopsis
All that is seen, and unseen
In a world where AI cloning promises to resurrect lost loved ones, a society grapples with the implications of our grief, humanity, and ethics as government faces the consequences of playing god. Follow the lives of scientists, politicians, military officials, mothers, fathers, grandparents, and children as they navigate unbearable longing and the disorienting speed of modern technology. In The Speed of Everything we enter a world of the near future where the complications of scientific advancement show us more about the complexity of the human heart, love, and longing.
Author Bio
Kurt Madden
Kurt Madden grew up in Ludington, Michigan, served in the military and graduated from Central Michigan University. He worked for 40 years in newspapers including 10 years as a community editor for the Lansing State Journal. He won several Michigan journalism awards for his writing and editorial work. He and his wife Janet are the proud parents of four children, Erin, Katie, Connor, and a son lost too soon, Ryan. They are retired and live in historic Marshall, Michigan, where they reside with their dog Franky and cat Mooch.
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Dedication
The little boy asked why a little white bird seemed to be everywhere he was. His father said God’s love created the little bird to sit in trees wherever the little boy went to watch out for him and to protect him. The little boy asked how something so little could help him. His father said God’s love can move mountains and fill oceans, but also dwells in little things… like little boys.Ryan, you and the power of the Little White Bird, are always in our memory. This book is dedicated to you and to all families who have lost a child.
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Excerpt - Chapter 1
Call of Duty
Standing atop a grassy hill amid the forested mountains of Appalachia near the Virginia-Kentucky border, David L. Scales, cadet captain of Fishburne Military Academy's Bravo Company, watched his home burn. Black smoke billowed from an open kitchen window where his adoptive parents, Martin and Maureen Scales, were where he left them - tied to their chairs. He finally resigned himself. He was ready. He whispered the Lord's Prayer and closed his eyes. It was his turn to die.Twenty minutes ago, his parents looked up from their plates, omelets on their forks to see David, in his splendid India white dress uniform, walk in the back door, place a gasoline can, a roll of Duct tape, and two thin pieces of rope on the kitchen counter...