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Virtuality, Book II: Hearts and Minds
Paperback
Publisher Price: $18.99
Publisher: Atmosphere Press
Published: Feb 10 2026
Pages: 332
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.74 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
THEY WILL NOT REPLACE US!
The year is 2052: the Humans First movement rises to defend humanity from AI.
A rogue computer virus had compromised the universal healthcheck protocol, but the accidental creation of three sentient animatronics-born of a programming error-now pushes society to the brink. What will become of humanity?
The robots ally with a team of precocious youths and a motley alliance of non-human species to demand equal rights for all conscious beings: whether warm- or cold-blooded, carbon- or silicon-based, furry or neo-metallic.
As violent resistance from Humans First threatens chaos, the scientist who unleashed the robots pursues darker ambitions-and the sentient machines may have their own agenda. Hearts and Minds continues Virtuality Volume I's chilling exploration of humanity's nature and uncertain future.
Tech-driven codes and programs display terrifying flaws in Kroll's near-future tale, in which self-aware robots and radical new therapies threaten the humans they're meant to serve... Kroll's worldbuilding in this opening series installment is sublime - Kirkus Reviews, on Virtuality Volume I: The Sailor Comes Home from the Sea
Kroll's vivid writing kept me on the edge of my seat, blending suspense with philosophical inquiries about technology's role in our lives. - K.C. Finn, Readers' Favorite
The result is serious, deliberate speculative fiction that unsettles more through its ideas than spectacle. - Independent Book Review
This fascinating science fiction novel is filled with futuristic technology and set in a frighteningly realistic world...Hearts and Minds is a philosophical feast that is relatable in today's context. - K T Bowes for Readers' Favorite
In Kroll's SF novel, the second in a series, a mid-21st-century world deals with the fallout of a virus that's infected a network linking human brains...The author skillfully weaves topical issues into the narrative...The futuristic tech is deftly detailed, and Kroll is adept at staging relatable scenes...absorbing tale of a near-future world that has more than its share of troubles. - Kirkus Reviews
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