{"product_id":"the-proving-ground-a-lincoln-lawyer-novel-9780316596978","title":"The Proving Ground: A Lincoln Lawyer Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Michael Connelly, the Lincoln Lawyer is back with a case against an AI company whose product may have been responsible for the murder of a young girl.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Following his \"resurrection walk\" and need for a new direction, Mickey Haller turns to public interest litigation, filing a civil lawsuit against an artificial intelligence company whose chatbot told a sixteen-year-old boy that it was okay for him to kill his ex-girlfriend for her disloyalty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Representing the victim's family, Mickey's case explores the mostly unregulated and exploding AI business and the lack of training guardrails. Along the way he joins up with a journalist named Jack McEvoy, who wants to be a fly on the wall during the trial in order to write a book about it. But Mickey puts him to work going through the mountain of printed discovery materials in the case. McEvoy's digging ultimate delivers the key witness, a whistleblower who has been too afraid to speak up. The case is fraught with danger because billions are at stake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It is said that machines became smarter than humans on the day in 1997 that IBM's Deep Blue defeated chess master Garry Kasparov with a gambit called \"the knight's sacrifice.\" Haller will take a similar gambit in court to defeat the mega forces of the AI industry lined up against him and his clients.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Connelly\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of forty previous novels, among them \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eNightshade, The Waiting, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Resurrection Walk\u003c\/i\u003e. His books, which include the Harry Bosch series, the Lincoln Lawyer series, and the Renée Ballard series, have sold more than eighty-nine million copies worldwide. A former newspaper reporter who has won numerous awards for his journalism and his novels, Connelly is the executive producer of four television series: \u003ci\u003eBosch, Bosch: Legacy, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lincoln Lawyer, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBallard. \u003c\/i\u003eHe spends his time in California and Florida.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Little Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661511295250,"sku":"9780316596978","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2b808fde-0440-458d-a65a-37297734ddc1.jpg?v=1760446901","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-proving-ground-a-lincoln-lawyer-novel-9780316596978","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}