Aalot's Revenge

‘Aalot was writhing in despair in his head as all the other parts of his body didn’t work. He had been born severely disabled and was unable to live anything like a normal life except for the liberty his screen and monitor gave him. Someday though... he was thinking. I will be able to cure myself someday because I know for certain that they aren’t going to. He had as little regard for his parents as they seemed to have for him.’

Aalot, a super intelligent boy, is bitter about the condition he finds himself in. He blames his parents for his severely disabled state. With little regard for him, their selfish ways prompt Aalot to teach them a lesson. he decides to infiltrate the minds of his parents by adapting the technology that aids him. In a dystopian world faced with an increasing population, there are no solutions except to take advantage of the use of artifical intelligence. Having taken control of his father, he causes him to risk everything by launching an illegal project to reintroduce human-like robots as a solution to the shortage of carers for the elderly. Both illegal and highly controversial, the project reignites past fear regarding what are referred to only as the ‘troubles’, situations that occurred when robots became totally independent.

A trick, a friendship, an infatuation...

Inspired by science fiction authors such as Stephen King and Isaac Asimov, Aalot’s Revenge raises serious questions about how to deal with an increasing ageing population. This book offers a frightening, yet fascinating, insight into artifical intelligence, a topic of growing discussion in recent years. Aalot’s Revenge will appeal to fans of science fiction novels, as well as those with an interest in technological advances.

Born in Sri Lanka, M H Shakir graduated in Russia before moving to England. A medic with a special interest in geriatrics, Shakir has spent the last two years in the outback of Australia and has now returned to England to continue writing.