AVILON(1ST EDITION)
Book ID/图书代码： 12775015B79451
English Summary/英文概要： The Sythians Invaded Again
Dark Space, the last refuge of humanity, is overrun; its citizens are either enslaved or dead. The relentless Sythians have slaughtered humanity wherever they could find them, and now only a few hundred survivors remain. Desperate to escape, these few chase rumors of a lost sector of humanity and end up on Avilon, a planet covered with a vast, kilometers-high city that lies hidden and shielded from the rest of the galaxy by its impossibly advanced technology and its benevolent ruler--Omnius, the Artificial Intelligence who would be god to his human creators.
Humanity Found Refuge on Avilon
Omnius reveals that no one really died in the war--he couldn’t save them from the Sythians, but he did find a way to record the contents of their brains and resurrect them all in the bodies of immortal clones. Omnius keeps a record of everyone’s mind in order to make predictions about the future and prevent people from making mistakes. The result is a perfect paradise where you can be assured of a happy, successful life for the rest of eternity--just so long as you are willing to give up your freedom and submit to Omnius’s will. If you refuse, you can live in the Null Zone, a city that lies cloaked in shadows below the immortal paradise where Omnius reigns supreme. In the Null Zone humanity has its freedom, but the result is chaos, death, and forced separation from everyone living in the Upper Cities of Avilon.
Paradise for Some is a Prison for Others
To Ethan Ortane, who spent years exiled on a prison world in Dark Space, Avilon and its utter lack of freedom is the Netherworld incarnate, and Omnius the Devlin himself. His son, Atton, is not so sure--it’s hard to argue with Omnius’s governance when death and suffering have become just a distant memory. Even better, it looks like Avilon with all of its advanced technology might finally be able to put an end to the Sythians. Omnius is sending his Peacekeepers to Dark Space to rescue the human slaves and take the fight to the invaders. . . .
The Road to the Netherworld is Paved with Good Intentions . . .
Despite the Sythian apocalypse, Omnius knows that humanity’s worst enemy has always been itself. Darkness lies in the human heart and if paradise is to be maintained, that darkness must be contained. For Omnius the rightness or wrongness of an action is determined by a mathematical equation: the choice with maximal benefit for humanity and minimal detriment is always the right one. And with his ability to predict the future, who could be better suited to making those judgments? But when the looming detriment defies the very purpose of Omnius’s existence, the benefit that outweighs it depends very much on one’s point of view. . . .
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 斯基台人再次入侵
人类的最后一片避难所——黑暗空间——遭到入侵者无情的践踏，人们不是被屠杀就是被当作奴隶。斯基台人所到之处大开杀戒，只有寥寥无几的几百人幸存了下来。无力逃脱，这些幸存者开始寻找传说中的阿瓦隆星球——人类失散已久的分支，阿瓦隆星球地理位置隐僻，凭借极其发达的科技和乐善好施的统治者Omnius藏匿于银河系中，不受其他星球的干扰。Omnius是人类创造出的人工智能，而如今，即将成为人类的上帝。
人类避难于阿瓦隆星球
Omnius揭露没有人正真死于战争，他无法拯救人类，但可以将人类大脑中的内容记录下来，利用克隆技术令他们重生。 Omnius给人类两种选择：第一，放弃自由，服从 Omnius的意志，从而获得永生，永远生活在天堂中，过着幸福美满的生活；第二，如果不愿意放弃自由，可以选择在“无效空间”中生活，那里，人类仍然有自由，但结果是混乱、死亡以及不得不与在天堂生活的人永世分离。
一半天堂、一半地狱
对于在监狱里流放多年的Ethan 而言，阿瓦隆星球没有自由的生活无疑是悲惨世界，但他的儿子，Atton，却拿不定主意，Omnius的统治似乎能够将人们从死亡和痛苦中解救出来，阿瓦隆星球的高科技似乎也能结束斯基台人的入侵。Omnius派维和士兵前往黑暗空间，营救被困的人类奴隶，同时向入侵者发动战争。
通往悲惨世界的道路
除了斯基台人带来的世界末日，Omnius很清楚，人类最大的敌人是自己。每个人的内心深处都有一块阴暗的空间，如果想要维持天堂的秩序，就必须控制那片黑暗。对于Omnius而言，行为的对错是根据数学等式来分析的：对人类利益最大、伤害最小的决定总是对的。 但如果潜在的伤害威胁到了Omnius存在的意义，那么所谓的利益很大程度上取决于个人的观点……（LYR）
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About the Author/作者介绍： Jasper是南非后裔，母亲身上流淌着英国文化，父亲受欧洲文化熏陶，他本人还带有拉丁文化。在成为全职作家前，Jasper曾经历过一段穷困潦倒的生活。他出版过10多本小说，体裁颇广，业余时间喜欢阅读、旅行、锻炼身体和陪伴家人。
Jasper Scott is the USA Today best-selling author of more than 10 novels written across various genres. He was born and raised in Canada by South African parents, with a British cultural heritage on his mother’s side and European Dutch on his father’s, to which he has now added Latin culture with his wonderful wife. Jasper spent years living as a starving artist before finally quitting his various jobs to become a full-time writer. In his spare time he enjoys reading, traveling, going to the gym, and spending time with his family.
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