The Aremac Series

"A thrilling glimpse into the near future. Don't miss it!" —Tony Hillerman, author of the Joe Leaphorn mysteries ### Review by Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)) Computer industry consultant and award-winning author Gerald M. Weinberg presents The Aremac Project, a thrilling science fiction novel. A fast-paced read brimming with raw excitement. ### Review by R. Drabick As an avid Sci-Fi reader, I found this book fascinating. While it's not in my favorite genre, it's an interesting tale of genius inventors, criminal investigation, and unusual terrorists. While the book is cerebral in parts, it has a bang-up ending with a surprising "lead villain". The heros are somehow an interesting synthesis of logical scientists and lovable individuals, especially Tess and Addie. Read this book. ### Review by Dwayne Phillips The source of my joy reading "The Aremac Project" was finding the gems of technical advice woven into the story of terrorists and hero technologists (yes, a book where the geeks are the good guys). I recommend "The Aremac Project" for anyone wishing entertainment and consultation with one of the technical world's leading consultants. ### Review by dlg If you like science fiction, mysteries or thrillers, I highly recommend this book. I couldn't put it down. The plot has many unexpected twists—a catastrophic misfortune, a new technology, a fight to get or maintain control over the new technology, and terrorism, to name a few. The main characters are sympathetic and believable techies. The other characters range from an ambivalent hero to a smarmy professor to seemingly evil terrorists. The technology is futuristic and believable and the short chapters keep it moving at a rapid pace. A great read! ### "The Aremac Project combines the best of thrillers and science fiction in slam-bang near future action-adventure. Technology, love and the underpinnings of our society intersect in Weinberg's fast-paced story. Now I just wish he'd go ahead and invent the real thing." - Jay Lake, author of Mainspring from Tor Books ### "Gerald Weinberg's The Aremac Project is a page-turning science fiction/technological thriller that successfully combines wish-I-had-that futuristic technology with today's political and security climate. Smart characters, ingenious science, and plenty of twists and turns--this is a book you won't be ready to put down until the last clever move is played out." - Robin Brande www.robinbrande.com ### "I enjoyed The Aremac Project. It was original and compelling with vivid details and memorable characters -- characters I cared about. It was one of those books that kept me turning the pages late at night when I should be sleeping." - Adrian Nikolas Phoenix, author of A Rush of Wings ### Review by Peter Heck, Asimov’s Science Fiction, March, 2008 This one's a bit of a sleeper, a near-future thriller built around neuro-science and nanotech by one of the giants of the IT revolution. Weinberg throws a couple of curves right off the bat: first of all, Roger's family are thoroughly unlikely potential terrorists. Except for his cousin Azara, who has demonstrated for religious freedom for Muslims, they are more interested in running their businesses and leading a happy family life. Second, Tess is by a lot of measures even smarter than Roger—although she lags slightly behind his genius-level engineering abilities, she is far more attuned to the way the everyday world works. I'd describe Weinberg as more an "idea man" than a smooth stylist -- but he has plenty of ideas, and a ways of making them convincing. He has a likable pair of protagonists, a supporting cast that manages to avoid stereotyping, and he contrives to keep a few plot surprises up his sleeve for the final showdown. Probably the closest comparisons among established SF writers would be Robert Forward and James P. Hogan. If that's your kind of reading fare, I su

Rebecca Shelley (R.D. Henham) wrote of Aremac Power, "The science is so real I felt like I could go out tomorrow and buy an Aremac-controlled wheelchair. Way cool. The characters were every bit as interesting as the science. Gerald gives an unbiased, inside look at a culture that many misunderstand and fear. This is a great book." Aremac Power is a sequel to the popular Aremac Project, with many of the same loveable, brilliant characters. It is, as the subtitle suggests, a story about the risks of otherwise great inventions—and how they don't just cause the world to beat a path to the inventor's door. For one thing, there is prejudice. Marna is a brilliant scientist of the first order, but she is a woman and a Navajo, which makes her work easily discounted by the white men in positions of power. For another, there is entrenched wealth and power. If Marna's invention of a new source of energy is allowed its rightful place in the world, industrial empires will crash—oil, natural gas, all forms of power generation and distribution. But most of all, there is personal weakness. Marna is dominated by her leech of a husband, who undermines her at every turn. Only with the help of Tesla does she learn to tap into her personal power, which in the end is greater than any invention. Marna and Tess's story literally moves around the world—the nuclear laboratories in New Mexico, the traditional Navajo lands in Arizona, the degenerate casinos in Las Vegas, the sweatshops of Chicago, and the jungles of Africa. As Tony Hlllerman said of the prequel, The Aremac Project, Aremac Power is "a thrilling glimpse into the near future. Don't miss it!"

Finally, after 100 years, Roger Fixman explains to his grandson the great secret of Jigglers, Inc., the company that Aremac built and the riches it made for Roger and Tess.