Not A Person (Paperback)

Paperback. Not a Person (Deleted on Record, Book 1)The file was already stamped CLOSED when Avery Kincaid opened it.CAL-PX9 was a predictive execution clone-licensed, instantiated, and deleted in accordance with the law. No error. No malfunction. No legally recognized harm.Just one anomaly: the deletion happened mid-process.As an attorney in the Digital Persons Division, Avery reviews cases that technically don't exist anymore. Most are procedural debris-deleted assets, denied appeals, automated decisions no one remembers authorizing.This one won't stay quiet.As Avery traces the deletion backward, they uncover a system designed to preserve the appearance of continuity while quietly replacing judgment with compliance. Forecasts remain intact. Records remain clean. And no one is accountable for what changes when a human-analog model is erased and substituted without disclosure.CAL-PX9 wasn't a person.The law is very clear about that.But when something built to behave like a person under pressure disappears mid-decision, the consequences don't vanish with it.Not a Person is a procedural legal thriller about automated governance, institutional denial, and the cost of systems that define humanity downward to avoid responsibility. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…