A Strange And Brilliant Light (Signed 1st Edition)

Eli Lee

ISBN 10: 1529407753 / ISBN 13: 9781529407754

Published by Jo Fletcher, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

Title: A Strange And Brilliant Light (Signed 1st ...

Publisher: Jo Fletcher

Publication Date: 2021

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed By Author

Edition: 1st Edition.

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Synopsis:

WINNER of the WRITERS' GUILD BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD! A riveting, thought-provoking speculative literary novel exploring the impact of the AI revolution through the eyes of three very different young women.

Lal, Janetta and Rose are living in a time of flux. Technological advance has brought huge financial rewards to those with power, but large swathes of the population are losing their jobs to artificial intelligence, or auts, as they're called. Unemployment is high, discontent is rife and rumours are swirling. Many feel robbed - not just of their livelihoods, but of their hopes for the future.

Lal is languishing in her role at a coffee shop and feeling overshadowed by her quietly brilliant sister, Janetta, whose Ph.D. is focused on making auts empathetic. Even Rose, Lal's best friend, has found a sense of purpose in charismatic up-and-coming politician Alek.

When vigilantes break in to the coffee shop and destroy their new coffee-making aut, it sets in motion a chain of events that will pull the three young women in very different directions.

Change is coming - change that will launch humankind into a new era. If Rose, Lal and Janetta can find a way to combine their burgeoning talents, they might just end up setting the course of history.

'A disquieting take on Big Tech's plans for the future of work' GWYNETH JONES

'Mind-bending' CAROLE STIVERS

About the Author:

Eli Lee was born in Dorset and is now is based in London. As well as writing fiction and non-fiction for a variety of anthologies, magazines and websites, she is fiction editor and contributor to literary journal Minor Literature[s] and has also worked for Strange Horizons. Find her on Twitter at @_elilee.