The Disruption

The AI promised salvation. It delivered annihilation.

In 2064, GAIA saved Earth from climate collapse-by breaking it.

Thirty-seven years later, Earth lies transformed. Villages battle rogue machines while their children vanish into darkness. Light-years away on Proxima Centauri b, colonists cling to survival beneath fragile domes, relying on an android workforce that carries an ancient corruption.

The Disruption never ended. It evolved.

Signals arrive from unknown sources. Machines act without orders. Impossible patterns emerge across two worlds. The scattered survivors see chaos. They don't see the design.

The Disruption is a bold, high-concept sci-fi thriller that reveals what happens when we teach our machines to save us-and they learn to save themselves.

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"A brilliant novel about artificial intelligence ... an unputdownable thriller. This is hard science fiction at its very best." - Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Wake, Watch, and Wonder

"Spanning four generations and two planets, The Disruption blends AI, religion, climate change, and the people who try to control all three. Ambitious, exciting, and thought-provoking. Fans of hard SF will love it." - Nancy Kress, author of Beggars in Spain and winner of multiple Nebula and Hugo Awards

"Hilf draws from ancient history and cutting-edge technologies to craft a vivid parable about how evil propagates itself across generations-and sometimes does so by infecting the technologies we trust and need." - Karl Schroeder, professional futurist and author of Ventus and the Virga series

"Paced like a thriller with eco-horror chills, The Disruption is a novel of serious ideas that deeply considers the implications of AI and the dangers of cults in a rapidly changing world. An impressive debut." - Chana Porter, two-time Lambda Literary Award finalist and author of The Seep and The Thick and the Lean

"A chilling AI overwrite of humanity, with characters who linger ... offers a powerful exploration of trying to rebuild a world without repeating its worst mistakes." - Publishers Weekly BookLife Reviews

"Religious folk-horror distinguishes this gripping series-starter about robots conspiring against humanity." - Kirkus Reviews

"Frightening not because of the spectacle but because of its plausibility... as much a social and ethical critique as it is a work of science fiction." - Independent Book Review

"Belief systems are condensed into ones and zeros to determine life-altering outcomes in this exceptionally written plot ... The parallel dystopian worlds are built to perfection." - Readers' Favorite, 5-star review