Adolescence: Book Two of Human Dilemma

How do you generate your own identity, and how can you truly know when you’ve got it just right? Spanning the second half of this century, the story follows the life of half-Chinese, half-Norwegian Erling Deng, who from childhood is given free reign on figuring out how to develop himself and fit in. Erling becomes the only confidant of his cousin Torvald, who also seeks to find his private self and private meaning, but in a life already scripted for him.
Erling goes to work for the agency maintaining the artificial general intelligence for the global World Council, an enhanced version of the former United Nations. Meanwhile, Erling’s mother, Solveig, has held a special position, performing highly confidential work for that agency since its inception. The artificial general intelligence also faces its own, eventual rite of passage, and from their separate positions Erling and his mother play key roles in how that drama unfolds.