We Are Legion (We Are Bob) Novel

After selling his software company, Bob Johansson anticipates a leisurely life, only to be killed crossing the street. He awakens a century later as a sentient AI, uploaded into hardware for an interstellar probe tasked with finding habitable planets. This role carries immense stakes: the first claim to new worlds. Declining means deactivation; accepting makes him a target for rival nations eager to launch their own probes. The safest option seems to be escaping Earth at top speed, but the universe harbors dangerous entities angered by trespassers. Forty years later, Bob and his copies have explored extensively, yet humanity faces extinction due to war, nuclear winter, radical factions, and hostile alien species. Bob, now a de facto deity to a primitive species, is humanity's last hope for a new home and survival against an insatiable alien threat. As Bob's clones establish colonies, they continue to face threats from rival probes and a powerful, hungry alien species. Having suffered an initial defeat, they must prepare for a final battle to defend Earth and its colonies. However, internal disunity among the clones poses a significant challenge. Salvation may emerge from an unexpected discovery in deep space, but delivering it to Sol before the aliens arrive is a race against time.