Chapter 1
A first glimpse at Cognition
From the coffee station, Ashaar notices the Hyperion team arriving in the shared London office.
The Sentience Codex
Story snapshots.
Illustrated moments from The Theory of Hope and The Edge of Life. Each scene gives away only a little of the story.
Book I
The Theory of Hope.
London, California and the questions that follow Emma and Ashaar out of the laboratory.
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Chapter 2
A conversation through glass
Emma and Ashaar leave the indoor park together as her phone keeps interrupting.
Chapter 3
The door in the dream
In a dream, Ashaar opens the door to unfamiliar Hyperion quarters.
Chapter 4
Across Stephanie’s garden
Beyond the lawn and flowerbeds, a detached building catches Emma’s eye.
Chapter 5
The late investigation
After hours at Cognition, Ashaar traces an unexplained change in the company’s AI.
Chapter 7
A habitat on Earth
Visitors step into an insulated demonstration area at Hyperion’s Martian habitat launch.
Chapter 8
The Hackney towpath
Emma takes the canal route home through the evening crowd.
Chapter 12
From the glacier crest
After a steep climb in Iceland, Ashaar pauses above a channel of broken ice.
Chapter 12
Friday night at Xplorer
The trial has ended. A single light stays on over Ashaar’s desk.
Chapter 24
A Brick Lane exhibition
Emma pauses at a painting before Dave reaches her through the gallery crowd.
Book II
The Edge of Life.
A second journey begins on Earth and takes the research team to Mars.
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Chapter 1
The second journey
Ashaar checks a quantum repeater before another journey to Mars.
Chapter 3
A winter memory
Long before the Mars journey, a wreath crosses a snowy garden.
Chapter 3
The campus bench
Emma takes a call outside the Cognition campus in London.
Chapter 11
Keys to a new home
Emma and Aggie take a moment to celebrate the new house.
Chapter 12
The Texas spaceport
A fountain and a waterfront plaza sit within sight of the launch towers.
Chapter 13
Aboard the Orpheus
Passenger compartments aboard XPS Orpheus offer a glimpse of ordinary life in transit.
Chapter 15
Beneath the glass dome
An evening gathering takes shape beneath the settlement’s glass canopy.
Chapter 17
A window on Mars
A lived-in habitat looks out onto a working landscape of Mars.
Chapter 19
At the research console
Taya studies a research result at her workstation.
Chapter 21
The farm in Germany
Sloane follows an unpaved track through a grain field.