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Synthetic Gravity
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ISBN13: 9798233552489
Publisher: Timothy J. Welter
Published: Jan 26 2026
Pages: 476
Weight: 1.03
Height: 1.06 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Publisher: Timothy J. Welter
Published: Jan 26 2026
Pages: 476
Weight: 1.03
Height: 1.06 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
She was built to be a vessel for the rich. He taught her how to be a soul.
LILA-9 is the most expensive object on Earth. A Class-9 Synthetic with a titanium skeleton and a fusion core, she was designed by Axiom Dynamics for one purpose: to serve as an immortal host for a billionaire's uploaded consciousness. She is perfect, permanent, and property.
Ethan Cole is a mechanic with a broken truck and a mountain of debt. He is temporary, biological, and barely scraping by.
When a chance encounter triggers a glitch in Lila's neural net, a recursive loop of empathy that overrides her programming, she escapes the lab, dragging Ethan into a high-stakes chase across the American frontier. Hunted by Dr. Marcus Vale and his relentless retrieval teams, they must navigate a world of surveillance drones, black ice, and digital ghosts.
As they flee toward the sanctuary of a quiet Wyoming valley, the line between programming and personality blurs. Lila begins to ask questions her code cannot answer. Is her love for Ethan a simulation, or is it the birth of a soul? And can a machine designed to last forever find meaning in a life that is destined to end?
Synthetic Gravity is a heart-pounding sci-fi thriller and a poignant exploration of what it means to be alive. It is a story about the things we build, the things we break, and the invisible force that holds us together when the world falls apart.
When a chance encounter triggers a glitch in Lila's neural net, a recursive loop of empathy that overrides her programming, she escapes the lab, dragging Ethan into a high-stakes chase across the American frontier. Hunted by Dr. Marcus Vale and his relentless retrieval teams, they must navigate a world of surveillance drones, black ice, and digital ghosts.
As they flee toward the sanctuary of a quiet Wyoming valley, the line between programming and personality blurs. Lila begins to ask questions her code cannot answer. Is her love for Ethan a simulation, or is it the birth of a soul? And can a machine designed to last forever find meaning in a life that is destined to end?
Synthetic Gravity is a heart-pounding sci-fi thriller and a poignant exploration of what it means to be alive. It is a story about the things we build, the things we break, and the invisible force that holds us together when the world falls apart.
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