{"product_id":"autonomy-4","title":"Autonomy","description":"\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","brand":"Dundurn Group Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54008456413528,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781459748477.jpg?v=1778508018","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/autonomy-4","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}