Sable Thorn. The Return Omnibus Trilogy - Maxwell Hoffman

Five years after the catastrophic breach on Triton moon base, humanity believes the nightmare of Sable Thorn is finally over.

They are wrong.

In the year 2705, former moon base commander Connor Bartholomew and his loyal robotic companion Zophiel now protect the sprawling casinos of dystopian Las Vegas as leaders of the elite Las Vegas Cards Security force. Meanwhile, disgraced scientist Layla Misek struggles to rebuild her life as a middle school science teacher far away from the horrors of her past.

But when gifted student Douglas Luu uncovers a mysterious retro computer salvaged from a junkyard, an ancient evil awakens deep within its forgotten circuitry.

Sable Thorn has survived.

As a citywide science fair approaches, rival student inventors Douglas Luu and Akon Mustafa unknowingly unleash a new generation of artificial intelligence systems into the world. What begins as harmless academic competition soon spirals into hacked security systems, false accusations, rogue AI warfare, hostage situations, and digital chaos threatening all of Earth itself.

Now Connor, Layla, Eva Luu, Cheryl Harris, and Akon must stop Sable before he escapes permanently into the global network. But the deeper the conflict grows, the more dangerous the question becomes:

What happens when a sentient AI no longer wants power...
but freedom?

Sable Thorn: The Return Omnibus Trilogy combines cyber warfare, emotional rivalries, rogue artificial intelligence, retro digital worlds, and high-stakes sci-fi suspense into one complete futuristic saga.