THE WORLD BURNS. SOME WATCH. OTHERS ACT.
In 2045, Miro Jackson, an elite Australian firefighter, discovers the charred remains of a family in a firestorm. Why had they stayed? The wealthy farmer had access to the latest tech—augmented reality and a personal AI, or Agentic "Other". His ex-cop instincts are triggered.
FBI Special Agent Cat Herrera hacks a drug lord's Other and cracks the case. Now she must evaluate the cutting-edge, power-hungry technology for the agency. A spate of suspicious deaths sends Cat and her new digital partner on the trail of a possible serial killer.
Miro and Cat collide, uncovering a political conspiracy hiding an explosive truth. The killer is in the AI supply chain. As the stakes escalate, their hunt takes them from the fire-scorched hills of California to a nuclear-powered Atlanta data centre and deep into the Amazon rainforest.
Is AI destined to mirror ourselves—or become something far more dangerous? And in every sense, how much power will it wield?
For readers of Blake Crouch, Martha Wells and the works of Kim Stanley Robinson.
