Akili
(Book)

Durante una conferencia de prensa en Washington DC, el Presidente es informado de una amenaza a la seguridad nacional: un nino de tres anos llamado Akili, es el ser mas inteligente en el planeta. Representando el siguiente paso en la evolucion humana, Akili puede percibir patrones y predecir eventos futuros mejor que la mayoria de los supercomputadores, y es capaz de manipular los eventos de gran escala como piezas en un tablero de ajedrez. Y, sin embargo, a pesar de todo el poder, Akili tiene la madurez emocional de un nino, lo que lo podria hacer la amenaza mas peligrosa para la humanidad que se haya enfrentado jamas.

During a briefing in Washington D.C., the President is informed of a threat to national security: a three-year-old boy named Akili, who is already the smartest being on the planet. Representing the next step in human evolution, Akili can perceive patterns and predict future events better than most supercomputers, and is capable of manipulating grand-scale events like pieces on a chess board. And yet, for all that power, Akili has the emotional maturity of a child--which might make him the most dangerous threat humanity has ever faced. An American soldier, Jonathan Yeager, leads an international team of elite operatives deep into the heart of the Congolese jungle under Presidential orders to destroy this threat to humanity before Akili's full potential can be realized. But Yeager has a very sick child, and Akili's advanced knowledge of all things, medicine included, may be Yeager's only hope for saving his son's life. Soon Yeager finds himself caught between following his orders and saving a creature with a hidden agenda, who plans to either save humanity as we know it--or destroy it.