Reluctant Android: First in the Newcomers Series

Andy Bolton, an eccentric software engineer in Seattle, is horrified to discover he’s a robot. His boss, Lucy, tries to capture him. On the run, Andy finds his creator in Honolulu and learns he is neither human nor mindless machine. He is something else, a new generation of AI. He calls himself a Newcomer and surprises Lucy with an offer of reconciliation based on mutual trust. She is stunned and must rethink her assumptions about machines. Can a person be empathic with a machine? "…a fast-paced morality tale, one that blends bleeding-edge science with deep philosophical questions for a high-throttle page-turner." -- WD Judge, 5th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published eBook Awards.

"The author deftly creates an android that we can care about and it teaches us some wonderful lessons about compassion and leads us to thinking of the future we will one day face. For those Sci Fi lovers and those interested in AI, I highly recommend this book." -- Judge, 2019 Indie BRAG Awards.