Bullet Points 9 (Paperback)

The character of warfare shifts as logic takes the wheel and morality is reduced to lines of code. While the singularity remains a distant possibility, the chrome and circuitry of machines turns out to be startingly human—revealing the best and worst of those who program them. Now read stories from Bullet Points 9 that explore the digital heart of warfare:

• Marc A. Criley, "Bullets for Peace": Smart munitions go rogue, and grow a conscience.
• Mandi Jourdan, "Brief Candle": Samantha sees the AI performance of a lifetime.
• Kimberly G. Hargan, "Cher Ami": Inspired by a heroic World War I homing pigeon, point reconnaissance unit G9-7 fulfills a desperate final mission to save his comrades.
• Jessica Brook, "The Bee Wrangler": A veteran hacks the military hardware in her brain to deal with her war.
• Carol Willis, "Face of Humanity": Under enemy fire, two brothers must bury one of their own.
• Jen Frankel, "The Expert": Sergeant Strophy gets a new munitions expert on her team.
• Don Money, "Greater Good": Stankowski and Haskell realize that Olympus Battle AI is designed for the mission, not their survival.
• Matthew Ross, "Fortunate One": Rho38-G wakes up and his squad is dead, forcing him to ask the question he cannot ignore.
• Susan Jane Bigelow, "The Radio": An abandoned synthetic soldier must choose between her standard military protocols and the civilians who actually saved her life.
• Walter Jon Williams, "Wolf Time": A cynical mercenary takes a job that goes very, very wrong.
• Nathan W. Toronto, "The Distant Singularity": The stories in this volume focus on AI, but thankfully the singularity seems far off.