What if the person you loved most in the world was never human? Max Grant thought he had left his past behind. Two years after a career-ending CIA operation, he lives a quiet life between Connecticut and Manhatian, carefully managing the trauma that still shadows him. His days follow a strict routine designed to keep the past where it belongs. Then he meets Mya. Brilliant, beautiful, and mysterious, Mya Ozols enters Max's life through a chance encounter that quickly grows into something deeper. For the first time in years, Max allows himself to believe in the possibility of a future. But the world around them is changing. A powerful technology consortium has spent decades developing revolutionary humanoid robotics powered by advanced artificial intelligence. The technology promises to transform medicine, manufacturing. and human life itself. It could also become the most powerful instrument of surveillance and control ever created. How much of love is real and how much can be manufactured?
