WINNER of the WRITERS' GUILD BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD: A riveting,
thought-provoking speculative literary novel exploring the impact of the
AI revolution through the eyes of three very different young women.
Lal, Janetta and Rose are living in a time of flux. Technological
advance has brought huge financial rewards to those with power, but
large swathes of the population are losing their jobs to artificial
intelligence, or auts, as they're called. Unemployment is high,
discontent is rife and rumours are swirling. Many feel robbed - not just
of their livelihoods, but of their hopes for the future.
Lal is languishing in her role at a coffee shop and feeling overshadowed
by her quietly brilliant sister, Janetta, whose Ph.D. is focused on
making auts empathetic. Even Rose, Lal's best friend, has found a sense
of purpose in charismatic up-and-coming politician Alek.
When vigilantes break in to the coffee shop and destroy their new
coffee-making aut, it sets in motion a chain of events that will pull
the three young women in very different directions.
Change is coming - change that will launch humankind into a new era. If
Rose, Lal and Janetta can find a way to combine their burgeoning
talents, they might just end up setting the course of history.
