A debut sci-fi novel exploring consciousness, connectedness and
what it means to be human in the age of Singularity.
Thirty years from now, the bulk of humanity lives in hyper-connected,
automated urban centers around the world. But Michael Quinn and the
small rustic community in the Driftless Reservation in the U.S. are
living lives apart. Michael was delivered to this off-grid reservation
as an infant by a mysterious foreigner known only as Dr Lim.
Michael is gnawed by the mystery of his parents' untimely deaths, and he
is compelled to flee when his presence is detected by nefarious
governmental actors. Michael's search for answers takes him to Chicago
and then Singapore, where he unearths secrets about his father, Simon
Quinn. Simon had, decades earlier, been the subject of ethically dubious
brain imaging experiments carried out in Shenzhen, China. The knowledge
gained from these experiments would ultimately fall into the hands of a
powerful Singapore-based corporation, becoming the foundation of an
ubiquitous artificial intelligence infiltrating every corner of the
virtual world.
As Michael engages the intelligent network, he finds it has now become
host to a familiar consciousness.
