Paige's Story

The Fort Thomas Series, Book One

By: A.J. Bass

Narrated by: Phil Thron

Something is wrong with the androids at Fort Thomas and it's up to Paige and her new friends to find out what. When an explosion levels a secret lab in the dead of night, an experimental computer virus is unleashed on the world invading artificially intelligent workers and soldiers. Once infected, these synthetic humans experience 1 of 2 side-effects: sentience or corruption. Thirty years later, the military and governments of the world are still struggling to cope with the shock. Synthetics are met with distrust by most, subjugation by some, and acceptance at arms-length by the rest.

To further study the rising sentience in the world’s robotic population, the military has recruited the best and brightest scientific minds to research this mysterious virus. Unfortunately for 13-year-old Paige Bryan, her parents are 2 of those minds chosen, and she finds herself moving to Fort Thomas - a military base full of sentient machines. When soldiers start to malfunction and a strange little girl arrives, Paige and the scrappers of Ft. Thomas soon find themselves swept up in a mystery that, left unsolved, may mean the end of the already fragile peace between humans and synthetics.

Humor, mystery, and action abound! Don't miss a single word of the fun!

©2018 A.J. Bass (P)2019 A.J. Bass

Great book!

What enjoyable book! I was a little hesitant to get this but after noticing Phil Thron narrates it I dove right in.
Do yourself a favor and give it a try!

Clever, insightful, compassionate, optimistic

I don’t leave many written reviews, especially for a well-read book with hundreds or thousands of reviews that already represent my opinion. But this is a new author and deserves my effort.

I listened to the audiobook with its excellent narration but also read portions on my Kindle. I didn’t want the book to be over!

It was a tremendous novel involving artificial intelligence, advanced technology, but also with well-drawn characters and relationships that developed throughout the story. I loved the combination of fiction, sci-fi, a bit pf mystery but not being a dry “hard’ science fiction. While there’s plenty of salty language, it was natural and not brutal or constant.

After finishing the book, I looked for a sequel on audible or Kindle but it’s not published yet. I do hope this author is able to continue this excellent first published novel. I happened to catch a bit of the author’s blog in which she comments onnthe challenges of “making it’ as an author.

So if you enjoy science fiction, please give this one a try— it’s worth a credit for sure.

I also looked for more novels with this narrator, but the others were a different style of sci-fi (more like action movies) and not to my taste.

Get it now!!!

Incredible story with extraordinary characters brought to life by one of the best narrators. Phil Thron is the reason I took a chance on an author I wasn't familiar with and I'm elated that I did. I don't want to give anything away just listen to it now!

wonderful story line

I became invested to Paige and her journey. pretty fast. What a kick ass character. really enjoyed the story. if you are debating to get this book or not, just do it! you won't regret it. I would love to read more with this group and enjoyed the short at the as well.

Awesome!

I had already read the paperback, but hearing it was especially fun. Phil did a great job bringing these characters to life. Lol moments just like when I read it the first time. I can't wait for the next one.