Artificial Wisdom
The most gripping and propulsive debut since DARK MATTER
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'Imaginative, impressive debut... Particularly compelling is Weaver’s riveting vision of technology in the near future and its ramifications once humans can no longer discern what is real' The Times
'Superior popular fiction, likely to trouble the bestseller lists, and neatly set up for a sequel' SFX
'As modern as tomorrow and even more frightening... stunning' Terry Hayes, bestselling author of I Am Pilgrim
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Who would you trust with the future?
The year is 2050. In the teeth of a climate catastrophe, the world is left with a drastic solution: one global leader to steer it through the coming apocalypse.
The final two candidates are ex-US President Lockwood, and Solomon, the world’s first political artificial intelligence.
As whispers of a global conspiracy emerge, investigative journalist Marcus Tully find himself at the centre of it – when Solomon’s creator turns up murdered.
Overnight, one investigation becomes two, and it’s not just the result of the election that’s at stake but the future of the species. Suddenly humanity must make an impossible choice – between salvation, or freedom.
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✰Readers can't get enough of Artificial Wisdom✰
'It's no stretch to compare Mr. Weaver to Blake Crouch with a hint of Crichton'
'A scarily realistic, sci-fi, dystopian crime masterpiece'
'Weaver creates a future that feels both terrifying and believable'
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Weaver's chilling debut imagines a climate-ravaged near future where the fortunate live on floating islands and a new world leader is about to be elected. Striving to accurately inform the voters of 2050 is influential journalist Marcus Tully, who works with a team of assistants in London, which, like all formerly great capitals, has been reduced to a crime-filled cesspool seared by soaring temperatures. Lately, Tully has been covering the race between former U.S. president Lawrence Lockwood and Solomon, an AI who claims to possess the sort of cold, rational leadership style that humanity needs to survive the climate crisis. The election is thrown into turmoil when master scientist Martha Chandra, who invented Solomon, is killed by a rare and complex poison. The death leaves Tully with the confounding question of which candidate may have been behind the murder, and what effect it could have on the election. Originally self-published in 2024, this rip-roaring tale moves with rattling momentum and exhibits Weaver's knack for worldbuilding. His concerns about AI feel measured and well-informed, setting this apart from the histrionics of lesser techno-thrillers. Readers will eagerly await the sequel.
