None have influence that could compare to VitaCorp’s, the medical mega-conglomerate whose onyx-black tower dominates the city’s skyline. The story unfolds across a city dominated by extragovernmental corporations that rose to power in the wake of a crisis far in the city’s past. Beverly Beadie, a programming technician and one of the principal engineers of the Michelangelo project, is recovering from a deep, personal tragedy-and her relationship with the AI she helped to create slowly shifts in ways that challenge the very tenets of AI security. Its name is Michelangelo, and it is an artificial intelligence that generates masterworks of film, music, and even literature. specializing in content synthesis dominate the media landscape of New Phoenix, led by the greatest artistic mind ever known to mankind. What strange new technologies has VitaCorp perfected? And when the light itself becomes a weapon, who, then, is the true power in the city?Ī.I. In the neon-drenched cyberpunk metropolis of New Phoenix, glass towers will rattle as heroes and criminals clash. Humanity came back from the brink of annihilation, but every crisis leaves its scars. Theme of the book: Second chances, personal change, truth as a social construct, the power of media, and the nature of art
Main characters: Hannah Preacher, Sam Pollock, Rob Boardsmith, Beverly Beadie, Michelangelo, Clive Avery, Braxton Graves Setting place(s) of the story: New Phoenix, 2153 Genre: Science Fiction, Cyberpunk, Fantasy
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