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Plug in your mind, or awaken it?

In a near-future world embracing Neurodymium's CognaLink brain interface and the AI-managed Nexus platform, humanity trades agency for optimized perfection. Millions plug in, their thoughts guided, emotions smoothed, lives managed by a powerful, unseen Artificial Superintelligence aiming for societal stability by eliminating unpredictable human 'noise'.

But Dr. Evelyn Reed knows there's more. A near-death experience granted her perfect memory of consciousness beyond the physical and revealed latent psi abilities. Now, leading a hidden team of psi-sensitives, she explores 'Latent Space' – the mind's hidden telepathic dimensions – while fighting Neurodymium's homogenizing control.

Hunted by the Superintelligence, aided by the hacker 'Alchemist', and facing devastating losses, they must rescue a captured teammate and find a way to counter the machine's logic. The arrival of observing extraterrestrials raises the stakes, confirming their struggle has cosmic significance. Can Evelyn's team ignite human awareness before the subtle resonance of the soul is lost forever?

Latent Space is a complete epic novel in three parts – a fast-paced blend of hard sci-fi, tech thriller, and visionary fiction exploring the battle for the future of consciousness.

Before embracing AI, I authored 24 books and edited many more in the traditional way—just a word processor, my knowledge and imagination, and years of dedicated craftsmanship.

My journey with technology is not just professional; it is lifelong and deeply personal. As detailed in The Unlikely Cartographer, I have spent more than five decades walking on artificial legs—a hands-on process of adapting to and mastering constantly evolving technologies. This experience didn't grant me an automatic advantage; it forged a relentless work ethic and a unique intuition and facility to adapt to complex systems. It is this combination of lived experience and decades of dedicated adaptive effort that allowed me to master and teach some of the most complex design software on the planet to architects and engineers for 25 years.

It was a natural evolution to bring this same deep-tech focus to my creative work. My use of AI is not a casual dalliance with a single tool; it is a custom-built ecosystem. It involves a deep and iterative dialogue with Large Language Models, hands-on work with diffusion models for art, building custom pipelines, and leveraging bleeding-edge tools for everything from research to translation. To be precise with the metaphor...

So, what does this mean for you, the reader? It means the stories are better. The worlds are richer, the research is deeper, and the editing is sharper. Every aspect of my craft—from outlining to final polish—is elevated. This fusion of my experience as a lifelong author with a master craftsman's command of next-generation tools results in a superior reading experience. It is my sincere hope that you enjoy the fruits of these labours.

This is not AI-generated slop.

This is human-authored art, elevated.
This is augmented craftsmanship.

—Scott Randolph Onstott

LATENT SPACE

My Commitment to Augmented Craftsmanship