{"product_id":"9781459748477","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":"Victoria Hetherington (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Dundurn Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2022-02-08","offer_id":44151341547775,"sku":"9781459748477","price":23.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_72e12180-a453-4764-8027-80f8118aac0f.jpg?v=1705734491","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781459748477","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}