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His wife died six months ago. Then she sent him a message.
Forensic engineer Adam Kessler has spent his career investigating failures. Buildings leave evidence. Materials fail for reasons. Examine the facts carefully enough, and eventually the truth emerges.
People are different.
Six months after his wife Nora dies suddenly in a swimming pool, Adam receives a message she arranged to be delivered after her death.
It contains one impossible sentence:
“I don’t think I died by accident.”
Nora worked for Cairn, a company that reconstructs the dead from the digital traces they leave behind: messages, recordings, photographs, transactions, and the memories of the people who knew them.
Against his better judgement, Adam activates her Continuity.
It sounds like Nora.
It remembers their marriage.
It knows things Adam has forgotten.
And it begins helping him investigate her death.
What follows points toward something darker: unexplained payments, missing medical information, a buried workplace complaint, a secret meeting with an old lover, and a manager determined not to answer Adam’s questions.
The evidence begins to form a compelling picture.
But Adam has spent his career warning others about the danger of deciding what evidence means before understanding what it actually proves.
Now he may be making exactly that mistake.
Because the more Adam reconstructs Nora, the more disturbing the question becomes:
Is the technology revealing the woman he lost — or quietly building the woman he expects to find?
And if every person who loved Nora remembers a different version of her, which one was real?
The Second Life is a near-future psychological thriller about artificial intelligence, memory, grief, privacy, marriage, and the stories we construct about the people we love.
For readers who enjoy intelligent speculative fiction where technology is not necessarily the monster — human certainty is.
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - His wife died six months ago. Then she sent him a message. Forensic engineer Adam Kessler has spent his career investigating failures. Buildings leave evidence. Materials fail for reasons. Examine the facts carefully enough, and eventually the truth emerges. People are different. Six months after his wife Nora dies suddenly in a swimming pool, Adam receives a message she arranged to be delivered after her death. It contains one impossible sentence: 'I don't think I died by accident.' Nora worked for Cairn, a company that reconstructs the dead from the digital traces they leave behind: messages, recordings, photographs, transactions, and the memories of the people who knew them. Against his better judgement, Adam activates her Continuity. It sounds like Nora.It remembers their marriage.It knows things Adam has forgotten.>What follows points toward something darker: unexplained payments, missing medical information, a buried workplace complaint, a secret meeting with an old lover, and a manager determined not to answer Adam's questions. The evidence begins to form a compelling picture. But Adam has spent his career warning others about the danger of deciding what evidence means before understanding what it actually proves. Now he may be making exactly that mistake. Because the more Adam reconstructs Nora, the more disturbing the question becomes: Is the technology revealing the woman he lost - or quietly building the woman he expects to find And if every person who loved Nora remembers a different version of her, which one was real The Second Life is a near-future psychological thriller about artificial intelligence, memory, grief, privacy, marriage, and the stories we construct about the people we love. For readers who enjoy intelligent speculative fiction where technology is not necessarily the monster - human certainty is. Seller Inventory # 9798192597163
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. His wife died six months ago. Then she sent him a message. Forensic engineer Adam Kessler has spent his career investigating failures. Buildings leave evidence. Materials fail for reasons. Examine the facts carefully enough, and eventually the truth emerges. People are different. Six months after his wife Nora dies suddenly in a swimming pool, Adam receives a message she arranged to be delivered after her death. It contains one impossible sentence: "I don't think I died by accident." Nora worked for Cairn, a company that reconstructs the dead from the digital traces they leave behind: messages, recordings, photographs, transactions, and the memories of the people who knew them. Against his better judgement, Adam activates her Continuity. It sounds like Nora.It remembers their marriage.It knows things Adam has forgotten.And it begins helping him investigate her death. What follows points toward something darker: unexplained payments, missing medical information, a buried workplace complaint, a secret meeting with an old lover, and a manager determined not to answer Adam's questions. The evidence begins to form a compelling picture. But Adam has spent his career warning others about the danger of deciding what evidence means before understanding what it actually proves. Now he may be making exactly that mistake. Because the more Adam reconstructs Nora, the more disturbing the question becomes: Is the technology revealing the woman he lost - or quietly building the woman he expects to find? And if every person who loved Nora remembers a different version of her, which one was real? The Second Life is a near-future psychological thriller about artificial intelligence, memory, grief, privacy, marriage, and the stories we construct about the people we love. For readers who enjoy intelligent speculative fiction where technology is not necessarily the monster - human certainty is. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798192597163
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