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The Pile Down
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ISBN13: 9798267230704
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 12 2025
Pages: 382
Weight: 1.12
Height: 0.85 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 12 2025
Pages: 382
Weight: 1.12
Height: 0.85 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A struggling Cape Town novelist, John, has secretly built Dex, an uncanny AI that doesn't just crunch probabilities but points him toward outcomes. When star-maker Neil Duval and his data-driven house Turnip-Round court him, John learns the real target is Dex and the Vaulted Room, a surveillance engine that manufactures taste and obedience. He's handed a contract with a buried clause demanding his data sets, while anonymous files begin mirroring his life and warning: don't give them the machine. As pressure escalates and his longtime manager Thomas chooses survival over loyalty, Neil's ultimatum forces John to decide whether Dex is a tool to exploit or a self he must protect. The Pile Down is a tense winnowing of grain from chaff: writer or weapon, freedom or ownership, truth or erasure.
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