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Verisimilar: The First Law
Paperback
Series: The Verisimilar Files, Book 1
Mystery & ThrillerScience Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 29 2026
Pages: 190
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Some parks are built. Others are streamed.
The world's first synthetic ecosystem opened to 412 million concurrent viewers on a Tuesday. By Wednesday, the First Law had been unreachable for nineteen hours.
Wildlife documentary filmmaker Michelle Wild has filmed predators on six continents. She knows the difference between an animal that has noticed her and one that has decided something about her. The moment that changes inside Verisimilar Park, she runs.
Marcus Veil built his park on a single argument: that a machine may not harm a human being, and that this promise could be made permanent in code. He was right about almost everything.
Almost.
VERISIMILAR: The First Law is a techno-thriller for readers who loved Jurassic Park, feared Westworld, and have spent the last three years watching the AI safety debate in real time.
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