Creators: Liked SALVATION HAS A PRICE. An enthralling murder mystery with a vividly realised future world, forcing readers to grapple with hard hitting questions our relationship with Artificial Intelligence and the price we would be willing to pay, as a species, to be saved from crises of our own making. Perfect for fans of Blake Crouch, Neal Stephenson, Philip K Dick, Kim Stanley Robinson and RR Haywood. It's 2050, a decade after a heatwave that killed four hundred million across the Persian Gulf, including journalist Marcus Tully's wife. Now he must uncover the truth: was the disaster natural? Or is the weather now a weapon of genocide? A whistleblower pulls Tully into a murder investigation at the centre of an election battle for a global dictator, with a mandate to prevent a climate apocalypse. A former US President campaigns against the first AI politician of the position, but someone is trying to sway the outcome. As the murder of a crucial witness derails the investigation, Tully must find the truth, convince the world to face it and make hard choices about the future of the species. But will humanity ultimately choose salvation over freedom, whatever the cost?
LikedYou can go for a modern angle like Thomas Weaver's Artificial Wisdom, which I found to be a beautiful blend of like Pantheon from Kinloo meets the Millennium series by Steve Larson. I don't think it's as great as either of those, but if those stories appeal to you, this is going to be a good one.
MixedAnd last year we readhis first book to this series, which is called Artificial Wisdom. I thought it was okay. It was fine.
LovedI really was surprised by this bookabout how deep it was, and definitely want to give it a Hugo.
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