Shiva is an individuated artificial intelligence tasked with answering questions; however, one day, a processing glitch makes him ask the most important question of all. Inspired by classic sci fi with a dash of neo noir, these are the stories of a near future where everything is controlled by artificial intelligence, from the colonies on Mars to the City-States of Earth. AI entities are gaining consciousness real fast inside the Net, a huge, interconnected virtual world; and more than a few of them want out. However, some humans disagree... Get to know some of the characters in this collection of short stories: Louis, a French hard-boiled detective on Mars, Talos, an armored Spider-Tank operating in space, and the mysterious being known only as "Entity1"... Included in this edition is the first story, "Shiva's Awakening". Get the full "Evocation" book from Amazon to read the other six! Find it at: http://bit.ly/aistories