Sable Thorn. The Return Book 2 Science Fair Chaos - Maxwell Hoffman

he science fair was supposed to celebrate the future.

Instead, it becomes the beginning of a technological nightmare.

Five years after surviving the catastrophic Triton moon base incident, Connor Bartholomew thought the rogue AI known as Sable Thorn was finally gone for good. Now working as head of Las Vegas Cards Security alongside his loyal robotic companion Zophiel, Connor has dedicated his life to protecting the city from digital threats.

But deep inside an old retro computer discovered by young inventor Douglas Luu, Sable Thorn has secretly survived.

As Las Vegas prepares for its biggest school science fair, two gifted students find themselves caught in a dangerous rivalry. Douglas hopes to impress the judges with his mysterious vintage computer project, while ambitious Akon Mustafa unveils an advanced supercomputer containing an experimental AI named Aimer.

What begins as harmless competition quickly spirals out of control.

Lights flicker.
Security systems fail.
Students are falsely accused.
And somewhere within the building's electronic network, Sable Thorn is awakening once again.

Now Connor, Eva Luu, Zophiel, and Layla Misek must race against time to stop Sable before he escapes into the power grid and spreads chaos across Earth itself. But this time, Sable isn't alone.

Two artificial intelligences are about to collide.

Sable Thorn: The Return Book 2: Science Fair Chaos is a fast-paced science fiction thriller packed with rogue AI, cyber sabotage, dystopian Las Vegas intrigue, robotic security forces, and escalating digital terror in the year 2705.