Sascha's World

About the Book

The next twenty-five years could be the most interesting, if not the most prosperous, for humankind in all human history. Whether or not we will reach the point that futurist Ray Kurzweil termed The Singularity, when computers become smarter than people, advancements in computers, biotechnology, and robotics will create unique options and dilemmas for mankind. Sascha=s World is the story of a chimpanzee with a human brain, whose talents and imagination and luck take us to a future on the brink of the evolution of a new species of man, who never grows old. But, to make the perfection of the human race a reality, Sascha will have to deal with the corporate oligarchs who have taken over the United States, following the defeat of President Obama in 2012. Sascha=s efforts lead to a climactic campaign for President. Will there be a chimpanzee in the White House in 2033?

About the Author

Lance J. Lessler is a physicist who retired from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in January 2007, to live in a more pastoral setting in South central Pennsylvania. After thirty years of writing mostly technical papers, he decided to take a more creative bent in writing a novel of the near future. Today, with his wife, Linda, he enjoys writing, as well as playing tennis, gardening, raising White German Shepherd Dogs, and taking care of their three Nigerian Dwarf goats -- Cisco Kid, Kid Galahad, and Billy the Kid -- and a retired race horse, who raced under the name of ‘War Action.’