Nanoswarm: A Dystopian Sci-Fi Technothriller (Nanoverse Book 2) by Theophilus Monroe

Author:Theophilus Monroe [Monroe, Theophilus]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2021-11-25T16:00:00+00:00

It took nearly six hours from the time Rowland contacted Larson before he arrived at the White House. Harrison stood to greet the doctor as he entered the room.

“Mister President,” Larson said.

Harrison nodded and extended his hand. “I think I still get to go by the title of President, but strangely, I’m not sure if I can still be Mister President now that I’m out of office.”

Larson laughed. “I really don’t know the protocol. But so long as you haven’t ceased to be a mister, and you still have the title of President, how could it possibly be inappropriate?”

Harrison laughed. “I don’t know. I suppose you can call me ‘mister’ or ‘president,’ but ‘mister president is another thing entirely.”

“And how is our Madam President doing?” Larson asked, approaching the acting Commander in Chief who remained seated at her desk, staring forward as if looking beyond the world in front of her, unaware of anything passing in her line of sight. Larson retrieved a small retinoscope from his bag and, shining a light into President Davis’ right eye, examined her retina for refractive errors. She had an astigmatism and was slightly farsighted. However, her eye did not react at all to the light.

“Curious,” Larson said. “She’s looking straight ahead, but she clearly doesn’t see us. Rowland, the other physicians checked her over, correct?”

Rowland, the President’s Chief of Staff, nodded. “They can’t find anything that’s wrong.”

“Flat gave me this device,” Harrison said, handing Larson the small device that the former President had often used to temporarily disable the nanobots in his system so he could drink. “Do you think it could help?

Larson cocked his head. “Curious. We had a similar device envisioned back when Flat and I were developing the nanobots. Tell me, Harrison, have you used it much?”

The President nodded. “I think that it might be how Flat disconnected me from the nanonetwork permanently.”

“Let me run a few tests on the device,” Larson said. “I want to make sure there isn't anything else, some kind of code or program, written into this device that we might inadvertently copy into President Davis’s nanobots if we use it.”

Harrison cocked his head. “If it did that, would that mean that it had done the same thing to me before?”

“Unless the device has been connected to the nanonetwork since, then yes, most likely. Still, I can’t say for certain. Virtually any contingency can be written into a code. Think of it as an if-then command. Perhaps the code dictates if the device is used five times, the code will be implemented. Just an example. So, I can’t totally guarantee one way or another how this device might affect the President. Like I said, I need to run some tests.”

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