The Memory of My Shadow
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The Memory of My Shadow is a literary fiction ebook by Ben Wakeman. It runs 267 pages and is written in English. A school shooting, a twin, and the search for resolution. When Maggie’s brother takes a gun to his head after leaving forty-six of their classmates dead, the girl their mother called “her little Turing” determines to understand why. Is AI the answer?
Description
At sixteen, Magdalena survived the school massacre her twin committed. In 2052, she's built an AI that can bring him back. She reviles him. She mourns him. She can't stop.
A school shooting, a twin, and the search for resolution. When Maggie’s brother takes a gun to his head after leaving forty-six of their classmates dead, the girl their mother called “her little Turing” determines to understand why. Is AI the answer? This, “quiet, personal revolution happening every second of every day within the confines of the human brain,” seems to hold the key, but when Maggie’s longing for peace causes her to break the rules, she discovers that boundaries are there for a reason.
An emotional thrill-ride through the intersection of technology and human consciousness, THE MEMORY OF MY SHADOW asks how far we will go to get the answers we need to heal.
"Wakeman asks the big questions by focusing on the emotions which drive us; grief, loss and the search for healing are put up against the boundaries which keep us safe from each other. Heart and mind are stitched together and torn apart in this tale of dystopian reach. Prepare to have both opened. A perfect novel for our times." - Eleanor Anstruther, author of "Fallout"
Details
Length
267 pages
Story Length
Novel
Genre / Category
Literary Fiction
Publisher / imprint
Great Unknown
Audience
Adult
Publication date
August 1, 2024