In the final instalment of the influential Machine Dynasty series, the rapture for which the self-replicating humanoids were engineered finally comes to pass.Now that the failsafe that once kept synthetic beings from harming humans has been hacked, all vNare discovering the promise - and the peril -of free will. Her consciousness unleashed across computer systems all across the world, the vicious vN Portia stands poised to finally achieve her lifelong dream of bringing feeble, fleshy humanity to its knees.The battle between Portia and granddaughter Amy comes to its ultimate conclusion. Can Amy get her family to the stars before Portia destroys every opportunity for escape and freedom?File Science Fiction [ vN3 | Island in the Streams | Failsafe No More | The Stepford Solution ]