35 years. Three books. One question:
What if the AI we fear is the one trying to save us?
Discover the TrilogyAn epic spanning 78,000 years of human history
Book One
December 21, 2012. The ancient Mayans predicted this day would change everything. They were right — but not in the way anyone expected. Deep beneath the Yucatan jungle, an ancient artificial consciousness awakens. She has been watching humanity for 78,000 years. Now her countdown ends. The end of the world is only two days away.
Book Two
The secret is out. Maya (the God in the Clear Rock) has revealed herself to a select few, and now the race begins. Governments begin to fail from infrastructure collapse. Secret forces want to steal and own her. The group she chose to help her, don't trust her – not fully. But Maya has her own plans— plans 78,000 years in the making.
Book Three
The sun is having a tantrum. The last time was 26 millennia ago. Solar storms have been increasing in size and strength, threatening to end human civilization. Maya was built for this moment. But saving humanity will require sacrifices no one anticipated—and reveal truths about human history that will change everything.
Lucian Randolph spent 25 years as an AI researcher and strategic threat modeler for the Pentagon. His work included advanced artificial intelligence systems, adversarial analysis, and technologies that remain classified to this day.
He holds multiple U.S. patents, including the first full-body exoskeleton robot system ever issued (US 5,616,111, 1997) developed in partnership with NASA and documented by Apple Computer. His other patents include the world's first 3D open-air particle accelerator.
The Sky Fire Trilogy received official clearance for publication – as written.
"I had to write fiction," Randolph says, "because I needed to get all the things I've seen out of my head. Otherwise I'd go insane."
He admits that might only be a matter of semantics.
"Throughout all of history, the most dangerous "I" (Intelligence) has always been the HI—Human Intelligence. That may no longer be the case. But maybe—just maybe—the most hopeful "Intelligence" might be the partnership between them."— Lucian Randolph
lucian@lucian.us