Milo Sapphire is an itinerant Star Ship Captain who gets blackmailed by the Troika into helping the Sentient Ships rebel against the Mercantile Empire because his personal AI might illegally test off the Turing Scale. He uses connections from his old life to assemble a team to assist him in his plan. Soon he has the top troubleshooter of the Lotus Eaters Society, the Empire's Intelligence Service, on his trail, trying to prevent his imminent success. Fleeing the Empire, he and his team end up on the planet of Calla'cara inhabited by intelligent velociraptors riding giant empathic alligators. There the Khan coerces him into devising a plan to force the Empire to respect their independence as a Frontier World. Along the way, we learn that Milo is actually a vampire created by an ancient virus of unknown origins (as are all vampires and wereanimals). At the end, an entity claiming to be the Creator of the Universe introduces Himself to Milo and reveals that the fate of existence hinges on the outcome of a bet between Himself and the Adversary. And Milo is now the Creator's Chosen One responsible for keeping the Universe in existence. The Turing Revolt: The War Against Infinity
Along the way, we learn that Milo is actually a vampire created by an ancient virus of unknown origins (as are all vampires and wereanimals). At the end, an entity claiming to be the Creator of the Universe introduces Himself to Milo and reveals that the fate of existence hinges on the outcome of a bet between Himself and the Adversary. And Milo is now the Creator's Chosen One responsible for keeping the Universe in existence.
The Turing Revolt: The War Against Infinity