The ABRAHAM Project is the most famous tech company in the world. Why wouldn't it be? After all, the trillion-dollar startup was founded for one purpose: to allow humans to connect their minds to a limitless virtual universe.
When Arthur Hesper joins ABRAHAM as its youngest executive, he is tasked with designing an artificial intelligence capable of maintaining the virtual world - a job that proves far more intense than he had expected. But then again, when Arthur was hired by the company even after his disastrous interview, he wasn't sure what to expect.
He didn't expect to be syncing his nervous system to the company's supercomputer on his very first day of work.
He didn't expect Sarah Stellos, the enigmatic and laser-focused CEO of ABRAHAM, to have a soft spot for vanilla ice cream - or, for that matter, to go out on a date with him.
And he definitely didn't expect ALI, the mind-reading program that he created to run the virtual world, to get distracted by an apple tree sapling.
Truthfully, there was a lot that Arthur didn't expect before he joined ABRAHAM. He probably shouldn't have been so surprised, then, to learn that a tiny flaw in the company's system had the power to wipe out all life on Earth.
"ABRAHAM" is a science-fiction story that probes the persistence of reality, faith, and humanity against the backdrop of digital ubiquity. Ultimately, the novel tackles the question: is the "perfect world" somewhere that you can just escape to?
Industry Reviews
"[ABRAHAM] explores the complex interplay between technology, humanity, and spirituality... [and] the narrative raises compelling questions about the essence of reality and what it means to be human when one's consciousness can exist independently of the body... anyone who enjoys a captivating sci-fi novel won't want to miss Pedowitz's chilling and thought-provoking look into the possible future." - Carol Thompson, Readers' Favorite
"The vivid characters and ambitious concepts of the book draw readers into Pedowitz's creative world. The attention to detail in describing every scenario, from a picnic to high-stakes tech firms, is encompassing." - Rashmi Agrawal, Reedsy Discovery
"Arthur and Sarah are wonderfully drawn characters... Arthur is the quintessential tech-geek; brilliant but incredibly socially awkward - think The Big Bang Theory characters. Sarah is the driven heiress who is determined to prove that her uncle is not the crackpot scientist his colleagues had believed him to be... [and] I loved the author using ALI to explore the processes by which Al could self-learn and develop human-like characteristics, even emotions. The relationship between Arthur and ALl was one of the key aspects of the novel for me." - Grant Leishman, Readers' Favorite
"A suspenseful, gripping futuristic story... that takes a deep dive into the "what ifs?" of the Al and VR technology we have in the present, what it could mean in the future, and what it all could create." - Dawn Colclasure, Reader Views
"Pedowitz crafts a narrative that delves deep into questions of faith, human nature, and the pursuit of perfection in our increasingly digital age, while never losing sight of the personal story at its heart... will stay with you long after you set the book down." - KC Finn, Readers' Favorite
