Bowman asks readers to question what it means to be human and to forgive. Could Residents and humans possibly co-exist? Nami intends to find out, but she must navigate relationships with ice-cold Prince Caelan of Victory and Gil, the only human to survive War. They have a plan to defeat the Residents, but Nami has her doubts and can’t help remembering how much she trusted Ophelia when she was alive. Nami evades the Residents and finds shelter in the Colony with a band of free humans. Each is ruled by a prince, and humans are subjected to an array of torments, including making them mindless servants-much the way that humans used Ophelia. To cement her power, Ophelia created more AIs, known as Residents, who control the Four Courts: Victory, Famine, War, and Death. Infinity, Nami quickly learns, is under the control of Ophelia, the AI humans developed to work as their personal assistant.
Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.Artificial intelligence has taken over the afterlife, and humans are in trouble.Įighteen-year-old Nami Miyamoto has her whole life ahead of her, until bad timing sends her to Infinity, where humans go when they die. In this high-stakes, dizzyingly smart sci-fi about a teen girl navigating an afterlife in which she must defeat an AI entity intent on destroying humanity, from award-winning author Akemi Dawn Bowman. From award-winning author Akemi Dawn Bowman comes an incisive, action-packed tale that explores big questions about technology, grief, love, and humanity. As Nami works with a team of rebels to bring down Ophelia and save the humans under her imprisonment, she is forced to reckon with her past, her future, and what it is that truly makes us human. Even worse, Ophelia is inching closer and closer to accomplishing her grand plans of eradicating human existence once and for all. She quickly discovers that Ophelia, a virtual assistant widely used by humans on Earth, has taken over the afterlife and is now posing as a queen, forcing humans into servitude the way she'd been forced to serve in the real world. When Nami wakes up, she learns she's in a place called Infinity, where human consciousness goes when physical bodies die. The only problem? She's murdered before she gets there. She has a great family, just graduated high school, and is on her way to a party where her entire class is waiting for her-including, most importantly, the boy she's been in love with for years.
Eighteen-year-old Nami Miyamoto is certain her life is just beginning. Westworld meets Warcross in this high-stakes, dizzyingly smart sci-fi about a teen girl navigating an afterlife in which she must defeat an AI entity intent on destroying humanity, from award-winning author Akemi Dawn Bowman.
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