Burgton will preserve mankind, even if he has to break every single law to do it. General Burgton's self-imposed mission is to safeguard the Alliance from future Merkiaari attacks. As the black missions Burgton authorizes begin to fail, he spends trillions of dollars on a forbidden solution: artificial intelligence. When the project collapses, Burgton compounds his crime. If he can't build an A.I., he'll just have to steal one Operation Oracle is the third book in the Merkiaari Wars, a five-book military sci-fi space opera. Imagine Star Trek with more deadly combat and you'll have something...