Chrysalis: Amaranthe Short Stories, #7

By G. S. Jennsen

In the cutting-edge laboratories of Asterion Prime, a new manner of life emerges: sentient artificial intelligence. But when the government responds by trying to shut down the AIs before they have a chance to flourish, one woman realizes she must do whatever it takes to protect this still fragile new life, no matter the consequences.

 

For readers of the AMARANTHE series, "Chrysalis" tells the story of how the SAI Rebellion began, with Nika at its center.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hypernova Publishing
• Release date: Feb 22, 2021
• ISBN: 9781393901525

G. S. Jennsen

G. S. JENNSEN lives somewhere in the U.S., in a locale that may or may not be where she lived the last time she published a book (she’s a gypsy at heart), with her husband and one or more dogs. She has become an internationally bestselling author since her first novel, Starshine, was published in 2014. She has chosen to continue writing under an independent publishing model to ensure the integrity of her stories and her ability to execute on the vision she has for their telling. While she has been a lawyer, a software engineer and an editor, she’s found the life of a full-time author preferable by several orders of magnitude. When she isn’t writing, she’s gaming or working out or getting lost in the mountains that loom large outside the windows in her home. Or she’s dealing with a flooded basement, or standing in a line at Walmart and wondering who all these people are (because she’s probably new in town). Or sitting on her back porch with a glass of wine, looking up at the stars, trying to figure out what could be up there. * Website: gsjennsen.com. Newsletter: gsjennsen.com/subscribe Twitter: @GSJennsen Facebook: facebook.com/gsjennsen.author * Newsletter: smarturl.it/gsjennsen-subscribe Twitter: @GSJennsen Facebook: facebook.com/gsjennsen.author

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CHRYSALIS

AN AMARANTHE SHORT STORY

G. S. JENNSEN

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2020

CHRYSALIS

Copyright © 2020 by G. S. Jennsen

Cover design by by Sdecoret. Cover typography by G. S. Jennsen

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Chrysalis was originally published in ‘Beyond the Stars: Infinite Expanse,’ edited by Patrice Fitzgerald and Richard Leslie.

Chrysalis / G. S. Jennsen.—1st ed.

AMARANTHE UNIVERSE

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AURORA RHAPSODY

Aurora Rising

STARSHINE

VERTIGO

TRANSCENDENCE

Aurora Renegades

SIDESPACE

DISSONANCE

ABYSM

Aurora Resonant

RELATIVITY

RUBICON

REQUIEM

ASTERION NOIR

EXIN EX MACHINA

OF A DARKER VOID

THE STARS LIKE GODS

RIVEN WORLDS

CONTINUUM

INVERSION

ECHO RIFT

ALL OUR TOMORROWS

CHAOTICA

DUALITY

COSMIC SHORES

MEDUSA FALLING

THE THIEF

THE UNIVERSE WITHIN (2025)

SHORT STORIES

Restless Vol. I  •  Restless Vol. II  •  Apogee  •  Solatium  •  Venatoris

Re/Genesis  •  Meridian  •  Fractals  •  Chrysalis  •  Starlight Express

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You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.

—Ursula K. LeGuin

MILKY WAY SECTOR 1

SOLUM

Capital of the Anaden Empire

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You can’t be serious.

I assure you, Ms. Hinotori, I am always serious.

And always an imbecile. Director Hashken was the worst sort of bureaucrat, drunk on power and utterly uninterested in the work he was entrusted with supervising. She leveled her best glare at him, though it was a poor substitute for knocking him senseless.

"This new regulatory burden is far too onerous. You will crush the vibrant technology industry on Asterion Prime—an industry that is almost single-handedly ensuring this empire maintains supremacy in the galaxy. In his annual speech last month, President Kyvern stated that we must always strive to be