Vague short story description, want name

PROJECT: GENIUS, by William Hayes.

Ordered the book today. After you posted the title I did some searching. It seems that I am not alone in my remembrance of this story. It stuck with alot of people. I couldn’t find it available in electronic form.

I am eagerly awaiting the book and will post a followup after re-reading it!

Great book by the way - I reread it a few years ago, just for nostalgia’s sake.

Both, if I recall correct. It is the cliffhanger at the end of Gods, and is taken up again at the beginning of Warlord.

Yup, that looks like it. Thanks!