Kate Wilhelm 
Downstairs Room [EPUB ebook] 

What happens when . . .An all-powerful killing machine is equipped with a human brain on the brink of madness?A group of apes are injected with human intelligence and build their own strange empire?A child with an other-worldly intellect is locked in mortal combat with his own down-to-earth father?A hand-picked space team convenes at a countdown that can mean the start of a new era — or the end of mankind?You’ll find out when you enter . . . THE DOWNSTAIRS ROOM.