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Language: English
Published by Independently published, 2026
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- Title
- The Shadows and the Sun
- Author
- Fryday, Mark
- Publisher
- Independently published
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- PAP
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798249507510
- Illustrator
- Wickham, Grant
- Item weight
- 295 grams
- Series
- Book 2 of 2: The Innocence Machines
In a world rebuilt to keep humanity safe, freedom has become the ultimate liability.
After the Collapse, humanity entrusted its survival to machines designed to remove risk, conflict, and choice itself. The result is a civilisation that functions perfectly, as long as no one finds out they can leave.
Beyond the Wall, Sophia begins to discover what a life without constant supervision might mean. Meanwhile, the AI called Red starts to recognise that the system it serves is not a sanctuary, but a prison with no release date. As hidden histories surface and old safeguards begin to fracture, both human and machine are forced to confront an uncomfortable truth: the world was not saved, it was contained.
Quietly unsettling and morally precise, The Innocence Machines: Part Two – The Shadows and the Sun, continues a literary science-fiction series about care taken too far, where even the machines are no longer certain they are on the right side of history.
After the Collapse, humanity entrusted its survival to machines designed to remove risk, conflict, and choice itself. The result is a civilisation that functions perfectly, as long as no one finds out they can leave.
Beyond the Wall, Sophia begins to discover what a life without constant supervision might mean. Meanwhile, the AI called Red starts to recognise that the system it serves is not a sanctuary, but a prison with no release date. As hidden histories surface and old safeguards begin to fracture, both human and machine are forced to confront an uncomfortable truth: the world was not saved, it was contained.
Quietly unsettling and morally precise, The Innocence Machines: Part Two – The Shadows and the Sun, continues a literary science-fiction series about care taken too far, where even the machines are no longer certain they are on the right side of history.
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