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Published by Diversion Books
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book
For fans of Blake Crouch’s Dark Matter and Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun comes a near-future thriller about identity, conspiracy, and what it truly means to be human.
What if the prime suspect in your murder isn’t human at all, but an AI clone?
Joe Redmond awakens to find a dead man in his Silicon Valley home, but the corpse is no stranger. The body stiffening on the bed is… himself?
Not exactly. The Joe who discovers the remains is a Dub—a sentient digital duplicate built to embody the thoughts, memories, and personality of the original Dr. Joe Redmond. They are identical in mind, appearance, and memory, except that Dub Joe can remember nothing from the past 24 hours. With gunshot residue on his hand and a legal system that can’t decide if Joe is a murderer or even a person at all, it’s up to Dub Joe to prove his innocence and save his company.
Trapped between a legal system that denies his humanity and a corporate conspiracy that wants him deleted, Joe must navigate the blurred lines of a world where memories can be hacked and identity is just another line of code.
What if the prime suspect in your murder isn’t human at all, but an AI clone?
Joe Redmond awakens to find a dead man in his Silicon Valley home, but the corpse is no stranger. The body stiffening on the bed is… himself?
Not exactly. The Joe who discovers the remains is a Dub—a sentient digital duplicate built to embody the thoughts, memories, and personality of the original Dr. Joe Redmond. They are identical in mind, appearance, and memory, except that Dub Joe can remember nothing from the past 24 hours. With gunshot residue on his hand and a legal system that can’t decide if Joe is a murderer or even a person at all, it’s up to Dub Joe to prove his innocence and save his company.
Trapped between a legal system that denies his humanity and a corporate conspiracy that wants him deleted, Joe must navigate the blurred lines of a world where memories can be hacked and identity is just another line of code.
About The Author
Keith Raffel has long operated at the high-stakes intersection of politics, technology, and academia. As counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee, he oversaw the secret programs of the CIA, NSA, and other three-letter agencies. He later pivoted to Silicon Valley, where he founded a pioneering internet startup before heading to Harvard University. As a resident scholar there, he’s kept busy advising undergraduates, teaching tech ethics, and writing both fiction and nonfiction.
Called “one of our smartest contemporary thriller authors,” Keith writes with a keen eye for power, influence, and human motive. The bestselling author of five other novels, he splits his time between Palo Alto, California, and the Harvard campus.
Product Details
- Publisher: Diversion Books (June 3, 2027)
- Length: 304 pages
- ISBN13: 9798895152720
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Raves and Reviews
Praise for Keith Raffel:
“A murder mystery worthy of a Steve Jobs keynote presentation.”
—The New York Times on Dot Dead
“Take a taut roller coaster ride in Smasher behind Silicon Valley’s doors. Hold on and prepare to stay up all night.”
—Cara Black, bestselling author of the Aimée Leduc series and Three Hours in Paris
“Intriguing, intense, and with such an insider’s knowledge of the war on terror that I’m surprised it’s not classified. Sinister, scary, and heart-stoppingly realistic—this is a gem of a thriller!”
—Hank Phillippi Ryan, Anthony and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author, on Drop by Drop
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