If the First Apocalypse Doesn't Kill Them All, Try Another.

The most brilliant mind in a thousand years has been tortured and twisted by human cruelty. His solution:

Burn the world down and start from scratch.

Almost no one can stop him. A single obstacle stands in his way.

He must destroy the BrainTrust and its medical researcher extraordinaire, Dr. Dash.

With millions dying, nuclear war in the offing, and the BrainTrust under siege, the fight for the very soul of humanity hinges on a last desperate question:

Who remains to Defy the Darkness?

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This is a long book—450 pages!

If you like Michael Crichton, or Robert Heinlein, or even the TV show “The Last Ship”, welcome to the BrainTrust.

NOTE: While this saga takes place in the BrainTrust universe with some returning characters, it picks up over a year after the other books and does stand alone. No prior experience necessary.

Ode To Defiance













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With Bated Breath






The only winning move is not to play.

—WOPR, the supercomputer in charge of NORAD, in the movie
Wargames



Brilliant fire flashed through the heavens and thunder filled the sky. As the fireball came to Earth, passengers in cars t...

Acknowledgments

Dedication

Ships of the BrainTrust Archipelagos

Cast of Characters

Preface: History of the World

Missing

Pros and Cons and Pirates

Big Deals

Enough is Enough

Let Slip the Dogs of

Back in the US of A

Race for the Cure

Seeing Red

With Bated Breath

Condition Zebra

Shattered

Besieged

Stochastic Genius

Darkness

The Wall and the Miracle

Tumbling Down

Reincarnation

Charity Gala

Fire and Brimstone

Leap Of Faith

Author's Notes

Other books in the Braintrust Universe

Books by Marc Stiegler

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