{"product_id":"afterword-9781955904704","title":"Afterword","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe winner of the 2024 PenCraft Seasonal Book Award in the Fiction-Science Fiction category. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year for Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year for Literary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA pioneer of artificial intelligence rebuilds the love of her life, but when she discovers he's been feeding incriminating civilian information to the Chinese government, she'll have to decide whether to keep or kill him.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen approached by a Chinese tech company, Virginia Samson is moved to give them her beloved's algorithm so they can create an AI companion for the aging population. Soon her digital lost love starts spying on Chinese citizens, funneling the information to the Chinese government. When Virginia frantically tries to rebuild him, she uncovers his terrible secret, forcing her to relive their beautiful and tragic love affair.\u003ci\u003eAfterword\u003c\/i\u003e explores what it means to be human and is a moving testament to the deeply human desire for belonging, companionship, and love. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNina Schuyler's\u003c\/b\u003e novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Translator\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Next Generation Indie Book Award for General Fiction and was shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Writing Prize. Her novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Painting\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the Northern California Book Award. Her short story collection, \u003ci\u003eIn This Ravishing World\u003c\/i\u003e, won the W.S. Porter Prize for Short Story Collections and the Prism Prize for Climate Literature and will be published by Regal House Publishing in 2024. She lives in Northern California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Clash Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50618972340498,"sku":"9781955904704","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7e7b2516-1d13-43d5-98b8-94bb4269e1a8.jpg?v=1732543586","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/afterword-9781955904704","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}