Energykinetical

gambit (EKG)

Ivan Djikovic

The “Energykinetical Gambit” is a SciFi imagination of society and the world in the year 2089,  turning into a dystopia with an apocalyptic ending.

Using moderate elements of horror, adventure, and action, the author reveals the role of mysterious extraterrestrial “manifestations” in the nuclear incidents that followed the “Manhattan Project”, and the accidents in Chernobyl and Fukushima. The disclosure of the important role of Yugoslav science in the discovery of “entities” responsible for numerous atomic disasters on Earth is particularly interesting. A collage of dramatic and quasi-documentary records introduces the reader to the events that lead the main characters, programmer Nina and engineer Jovan, on an adventure during which they will travel three continents, meet eccentric characters, and clash with dangerous enemies in the fight for the life of all humanity.

In several parallel plots, human ethics and the desire for survival collide in the fight against greed, corruption, and the desire for eternal life, and at the center of all events are mysterious alien entities and their apocalyptic plans.

This dialectical conflict between human, artificial, and alien intelligence brings anti-utopia to an inevitable collapse by asking the reader two questions: Is man really capable of destroying the world, and what does the limit look like that a machine must cross to become a being?