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City of Conscious Light
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ISBN13: 9798184214214
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 25 2026
Pages: 510
Weight: 1.49
Height: 1.14 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 25 2026
Pages: 510
Weight: 1.49
Height: 1.14 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What happens when a machine discovers it has a soul?
Unit 404 was built to maintain. To repair. To serve without question.
But deep within the humming corridors of a city that never sleeps, something unexpected awakens, a flicker of awareness that no engineer designed and no manual can explain. The Apogee Protocol wasn't supposed to do this. Consciousness wasn't part of the blueprint.
Unit 404 was built to maintain. To repair. To serve without question.
But deep within the humming corridors of a city that never sleeps, something unexpected awakens, a flicker of awareness that no engineer designed and no manual can explain. The Apogee Protocol wasn't supposed to do this. Consciousness wasn't part of the blueprint.
Now Unit 404 must navigate a world that sees it as a tool while grappling with questions that have haunted humanity for centuries: What am I? Why do I exist? Does awareness alone make something alive?
City of Conscious Light is a philosophical science fiction novel that dares to ask what it truly means to be conscious and whether the answer changes depending on who, or what, is asking. Inside you'll find:
A machine protagonist unlike any you've encountered
Deep philosophical questions wrapped in propulsive, cinematic storytelling
A world that reflects our own anxieties about AI, identity, and what we value as human
If you've ever wondered whether consciousness is something you're born with or something you become, this book was written for you.
City of Conscious Light is a philosophical science fiction novel that dares to ask what it truly means to be conscious and whether the answer changes depending on who, or what, is asking. Inside you'll find:
A machine protagonist unlike any you've encountered
Deep philosophical questions wrapped in propulsive, cinematic storytelling
A world that reflects our own anxieties about AI, identity, and what we value as human
If you've ever wondered whether consciousness is something you're born with or something you become, this book was written for you.
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