Machinehood

Divya, S. B.

ISBN 10: 1982148063 / ISBN 13: 9781982148065

Published by Gallery / Saga Press, 2021

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G1982148063I4N00

Synopsis:

<b>From the Hugo Award nominee S.B. Divya, <i>Zero Dark Thirty</i> meets <i>The Social Network </i>in this science fiction thriller about artificial intelligence, sentience, and labor rights in a near future dominated by the gig economy.</b><br><br>Welga Ramirez, executive bodyguard and ex-special forces, is about to retire early when her client is killed in front of her. It&#8217;s 2095 and people don&#8217;t usually die from violence. Humanity is entirely dependent on pills that not only help them stay alive, but allow them to compete with artificial intelligence in an increasingly competitive gig economy. Daily doses protect against designer diseases, flow enhances focus, zips and buffs enhance physical strength and speed, and juvers speed the healing process.<br> <br>All that changes when Welga&#8217;s client is killed by The Machinehood, a new and mysterious terrorist group that has simultaneously attacked several major pill funders. The Machinehood operatives seem to be part human, part machine, something the world has never seen. They issue an ultimatum: stop all pill production in one week.<br> <br>Global panic ensues as pill production slows and many become ill. Thousands destroy their bots in fear of a strong AI takeover. But the US government believes the Machinehood is a cover for an old enemy. One that Welga is uniquely qualified to fight.<br> <br>Welga, determined to take down the Machinehood, is pulled back into intelligence work by the government that betrayed her. But who are the Machinehood and what do they really want?<br> <br>A thrilling and thought-provoking novel that asks: if we won&#8217;t see machines as human, will we instead see humans as machines?

About the Authors: S.B. Divya&#160;is a lover of science, math, fiction, and the Oxford comma. She enjoys subverting expectations and breaking stereotypes whenever she can. Divya is the Hugo&#160;and Nebula Award&#8211;nominated author of&#160;<i>Runtime</i>&#160;and coeditor of&#160;<i>Escape Pod</i>, with Mur Lafferty. Her short stories have been published at various magazines including&#160;<i>Analog</i>,<i>&#160;Uncanny</i>, and&#160;<i>Tor</i>. She is the author of the short collection,&#160;<i>Contingency Plans for the Apocalypse and Other Situations</i>, and debut novel, <i>Machinehood</i>. Divya holds degrees in computational neuroscience and signal processing, and she worked for twenty years as an electrical engineer before becoming an author. Find out more about her at&#160;SBDivya.com or on Twitter as @DivyasTweets.

S.B. Divya is a lover of science, math, fiction, and the Oxford comma. She enjoys subverting expectations and breaking stereotypes whenever she can. Divya is the Hugo and Nebula'nominated author of Runtime and coeditor of Escape Pod, with Mur Lafferty. Her short stories have been published at various magazines including Analog, Uncanny, and Tor. She is the author of the short collection, Contingency Plans for the Apocalypse and Other Situations, and debut novel, Machinehood. Divya holds degrees in computational neuroscience and signal processing, and she worked for twenty years as an electrical engineer before becoming an author. Find out more about her at SBDivya.com or on Twitter as @DivyasTweets.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Machinehood
Publisher: Gallery / Saga Press
Publication Date: 2021
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket