Bøker av Cliff Ratza

The Girl Who Reset the 3-D World, our third book in the Reset Series, begins precisely where the second one ended: Renee has done everything to wake up Electra after a chronic medical condition strikes her down, so Renee follows the only viable option: she calls upon Indira the Singularity. Indira shocks the lightning brain into a state that brings her back, but Electra will need help from her network of close friends coming from personal and professional worlds to regain her footing.And they do, but Electra now has an altered point of view caused by the accumulated damage inflicted by enemies found in her 3-D world. Nevertheless, she meets the challenge and extends her geographical reach, bringing new adventures and allies as well as additional enemies.As the action and suspense build to an explosive climax, Electra achieves some successes but also suffers setbacks. Existential threats accompanied by death come calling, but Electra pushes to her asymptotic limits that only Indira might overcome. Electra's final thoughts end the novel:Will this be the end of my extraordinary Odyssey?...Not even Indira knows...The lightning brain will decide what will become of me.

Action in Book Two starts right where Book One stops: Electra standing in NASA Mission Control, watching the first manned flight to Mars blast off! But its success gives Electra too much to do. She develops a stress-related medical issue that she keeps hidden.The most pressure-packed new project, Climate Change, takes her to Australia for exploring the Great Barrier Reef, to Africa's Danakil Depression (the hottest place on the planet) in search of new forms of life, and to mid-America for chasing storms. Danger awaits in all these locations as well as all places every project takes her. Only Electra's wits and Indira the Singularity can keep her safe.Events in her Clone Children's personal worlds add pressure too. Electra must help them find new careers. And the unpredictable Washington storms sweep Electra into multiple battles giving her new adversaries and ultimately leading to Presidential Assassination and Government Takeover. Indira's iconic command ends this novel: "Electra needs your help. Place her carefully on the carpet, then settle down, sit still, and listen to me..."

This action-adventure thriller, laced with terrorism andpolitical intrigue, constructs from the latest technological andsociopolitical trends one plausible scenario resulting from a viralpandemic occurring early in the 22nd century, all seen through themicrocosm of an extraordinary female-eighteen-year-old ElectraKittner. As it traces her growth, the book explores some of thetimeless questions that are part of the human condition.The novel's theme reveals that no matter how extraordinary theperson, anyone can be a victim in a primitive world that can't handlethe truth, and must deal with the complexities of being "merelyhuman," best handled with an optimistic and pragmatic philosophy.

This book is the sequel to The Girl With The Lightning Brain, or perhaps the first book is its prequel. Regardless the reading sequence, it picks up where the first ends, tracing the unexpected twists and turns as Electra Kittner continues battling Techno-Plague and Middle East terrorism while keeping a harsh government at bay. Older and more experienced, Electra is ready to allow males into her games if they can help, adding emotional richness to the mix. Whether or not readers have read the first book, they will quickly learn the background that drives Electra and her allies relentlessly toward the book's gripping conclusion. The novel's theme reveals that no matter how extraordinary the person, anyone can be a victim in a primitive world that can't handle the truth, and each of us must deal with the complexities of being "merely human," best handled by having an optimistic, pragmatic philosophy.

This book, the fifth in the Lightning Brain Series, is the sequel to The Girl Who Cloned Lightning, and it traces - starting immediately from the previous book's galvanizing ending - an accelerating tangle of technological and sociopolitical intrigue running through Electra Kittner's professional and personal lives.Electra survives a rogue terrorist attack in the Middle East, returning to DC with two new friends: a tiny orphan girl named Qama and an emergent phenomenon from her AI software: the Singularity that calls itself Indira. The orphan enriches Electra's empathy and personal life. The Singularity extends her cognitive and professional possibilities. But once again, she and her loved ones are soon cast into danger, this time by an unknown hacker who leaks critical information. Electra battles technological, business, and sociopolitical foes intent on making her collateral damage.The theme for all books in the series is this: extraordinary people are sometimes victims of a primitive world that can't handle the truth, but no matter how exceptional they are they must still deal with the complexities of being "merely human," best handled with an optimistic and pragmatic philosophy.

The Girl Who Reset the Lightning Brain First Book in the Sequel "Reset Series"After an eighteen-month absence caused by a fire that destroyed her house and nearly incinerated her, Electra Kittner is now ready to re-enter her life's "multiverse arena," which she must now reset. She needed the solitude to recalibrate herself, physically and mentally, after a supra-international conspiracy tried to terminate her.And she has a new identity-Native American Indian Professor Electra Alisha Kirchner-for whom Indira the Singularity has created all documentation necessary to cover her early thirties, newly appointed adjunct professor position specializing in Space Medicine at U.T. Austin's Astrophysics Program.The old Irani-Alisha-Electra trio is officially dead, even though forensics investigators found no remains in the rubble of the fire. Electra changes identities to remain in the shadows while redirecting priorities and protecting her clone children and friends from danger due to association.Combining some of the past with the present, Electra is ready to deal with adversaries old and new, who don't know that the lightning brain is alive and well. World events are heating up, and Electra plans to cool some of them down, getting as much help as Indira sees fit to give.So, follow the action-adventure trail starting on page one and leading to far-flung venues where all the events will climax at another unguessable ending.

A wish from Indira:My poems are written in meter and style,Intended to make you consider or smile.And if whimsical clarity emerges for you,I''ve done what I hoped for my wish has come true.A wish from Indira:My poems are written in meter and style,Intended to make you consider or smile.And if whimsical clarity emerges for you,I''ve done what I hoped for my wish has come true.