The Deepest Fake
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
Instant Bestseller
From internationally bestselling author Daniel Kalla, whose thrillers are “impossible to put down” (Amy Stuart, #1 bestselling author of Death at the Party), comes a razor-sharp psychological thriller about a CEO whose carefully curated life is falling apart. His wife is cheating, someone is stealing from his AI company, and he’s just been handed a fatal diagnosis. He’d end it all, if only he could trust his own reality.
Liam Hirsch has it all—a loving family, a thriving career as CEO of an AI company, financial security, and a bright future. But when he’s diagnosed with a terminal illness, just weeks after discovering his wife’s infidelity, his perfect life unravels. As he grapples with his fate, he prepares to face his final days on his own terms.
However, unexplained events inside his company make him question everything—including his diagnosis. In a world of deepfake videos, synthetic voices, and digital deception, couldn’t these technologies be weaponized against him? What if nothing is as it seems?
With time running out, Liam turns to Andrea DeWalt, a private investigator contending with her own feelings of betrayal, to help him uncover a conspiracy that threatens his life, his family, and their future. In a world where nothing is as it seems and every digital footprint can be manipulated, who can Liam trust?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Canadian physician and novelist Kalla (High Society) has never been better than in this poignant, nail-biting techno-thriller set in Washington State. Tech CEO Liam Hirsch has just received a terminal diagnosis of ALS. To make matters worse, Andrea DeWalt, the PI he hired to surveil his wife, Celeste, recently came back with photos showing Celeste in bed with another man. The double barrel of bad news comes as Liam's company, TranScend, is preparing to launch a new app called TheirStory— nicknamed "Séance AI"—which allows users to create an avatar of a dead relative that mimics their speech and thought patterns. Liam pushes his team to finish the product before he dies, but as the deadline approaches, he notices discrepancies in TranScend's finances that cause him to question his employees' integrity. Gradually, he grows paranoid that everything in his life, down to his ALS diagnosis, might be the work of AI. For solace, he strikes up an unlikely relationship with Andrea, who's grieving the death of her father. Kalla mines contemporary anxieties about technology for a shocking and emotionally satisfying tale that continually defies expectations. It's a stunner. Agents: Samantha Haywood and Carolyn Forde, Transatlantic Literary.
