Society stands on the edge of the next artificial intelligence revolution, but is still struggling with the fallout from the last one. Machines have replaced jobs, unemployed masses cling to universal basic income, and the powerful embrace radical technologies. In this world transformed by AI, but so close to our own, three desperate people uncover a conspiracy that subverts the law, controls the masses, and chains two sisters to a grim future.
Beau Abelard is a haunted academic, and a tutor for a technology billionaire's mysterious grandchildren. Anika Bakshi is a passionate but overconfident lawyer, striving to convince an AI jury that her client is innocent. While Lucas is a charming yet insecure online influencer, hungry for attention, sick of poverty, and conflicted about his feelings for his creative partner. Together they must navigate a deadly Turing test, explore the limits of love and loyalty, and learn what it means to be human.
