{"product_id":"autonomy-paperback","title":"Autonomy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVictoria Hetherington\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a near future ravaged by illness, one woman and her AI companion enter a dangerous bubble of the superrich.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's 2035: a fledging synthetic consciousness \"wakes up\" in a lab. Jenny, the lead developer, determined to nurture this synthetic being like a child, trains it to work with people at the border of the American Protectorate of Canada. She names it Julian.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo years later, Slaton, a therapist at a university, is framed by a student for arranging an illegal abortion. She follows the student to America and is detained at the border, where she meets Julian in virtual space. After a week of interviewing, he decides to stay with her, learning about the world, the human condition, and what it means to fall in love. Meanwhile, a mysterious plague is spreading across the world. Only the far-seeing and well-connected Julian can protect Slaton from the impending societal collapse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAutonomy\u003c\/i\u003e is an ambitious philosophical novel about the possibilities for love in a world in which human bodies are either threatened or irrelevant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA RARE MACHINES BOOK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictoria Hetherington worked as a butcher and an artist's model before graduating to writing just about anything you can imagine for money. Their debut novel, \u003cem\u003eMooncalves\u003c\/em\u003e, was a finalist for the Amazon First Novel Award 2020. Victoria lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50333937467629,"sku":"9781459748477","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/i8LNG1kyPK9781459748477.webp?v=1784997009","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/autonomy-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}