Dirac Dist Lovelock Book

The Ark: A Story of Rebellion

The Ark, a gigantic space habitat, prepares to leave the solar system and embark on its journey of exploration and colonization.

On board, a selection of humanity´s best specialists are housed in settlements situated in an artificial environment that anticipates the conditions the colonists will find in their new world and allows them to develop the specific skills they will need to thrive.

In addition to the colonists and their families, the Ark carries the witnesses: genetically modified animals, endowed with intelligence and cybernetic enhancements, who observe the activities of their masters, distinguished scientists, and other personalities, recording their lives for posterity.

This is the story of Lovelock, a capuchin monkey, witness to the expedition´s chief gaiologist.

Of how he went from adoration for his mistress to skepticism.

Of how he became aware of his status as a slave.

And planned his rebellion.

Orson Scott Card (author of Ender´s Game) and Kathryn H. Kidd meticulously recreate the details of a plausible interstellar colonization expedition and against that backdrop narrate the thrilling adventure of a being at once less and more than human in search of his place in the universe