A masterful near future whodunit for fans of Glass Onion and Black Mirror; join a stranded start-up team led by a terrifyingly realistic charismatic billionaire, a deserted tropical island, and a mysterious AI-driven mansion--as the remaining members disappear one by one. A group of employees and their CEO, celebrating the sale of their remarkable emotion-mapping-AI-algorithm, crash onto a not-quite-deserted tropical island. Luckily, those who survived have found a beautiful, fully-stocked private palace, with all the latest technological updates (though one without connection to the outside world). The house, however, has more secrets than anyone might have guessed, and a much darker reason for having been built and left behind. Kristen, the hyper-competent "chief emotional manager" (i.e., the eccentric boyish billionaire-CEO Sumter's idea of an HR department) is trying to keep her colleagues stable throughout this new challenge, but staying sane seems to be as much of a challenge as staying alive. Being a woman in technology has always meant having to be smarter than anyone expects....and Kristen's survival skills are more impressive than anyone knows.
Madeline Ashby Reihenfolge der Bücher
Madeline Ashby ist eine Science-Fiction-Autorin und Beraterin für strategische Vorausschau. Ihre literarischen Werke tauchen tief in den technologischen Fortschritt und seine Auswirkungen auf die Menschheit ein. Ashby erforscht akribisch komplexe ethische Fragen und die sich ständig weiterentwickelnde Beziehung zwischen Mensch und Maschine. Ihre Erzählungen zeichnen sich durch scharfen Weitblick in die Zukunft und eine einzigartige Perspektive auf unsere Gegenwart aus.






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