Harvest the Fire (Harvest of Stars Book 3)

In the far future, a conspiracy forms against a powerful AI network. Many centuries ahead, humanity has no great destiny remaining on Earth. The Lunarians—genetically engineered humans adapted to survive on the moon—have spread toward the stars. Even their distant colony on Proserpina remains under the influence of the Teramind, a vast network of intelligent machines that maintains order and logic across the universe. Poet and pilot Jesse Nichol seeks inspiration and discovers new purpose when he reunites with his former lover, Falaire, a Lunarian. Coerced into criminal hijacking, Jesse becomes part of a bold conspiracy against artificial intelligence—one that could bring disaster, since nothing escapes the Teramind, especially humanity's pursuit of freedom. When human and machine conflict, the consequences will affect many worlds. The third volume in Poul Anderson's Harvest of Stars series, this novel presents a machine-dominated future centered on human resistance and exploration.