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Autonomy : a Novel by Victoria Hetherington is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Autonomy : a Novel about?

In a near future ravaged by illness, one woman and her AI companion enter a dangerous bubble of the superrich. It's 2035: a fledging synthetic consciousness "wakes up" in a lab. Jenny, the lead developer, determined to nurture this synthetic being like a child, trains it to work with people at the border of the American Protectorate of Canada. She names it Julian. Two years later, Slaton, a therapist at a university, is framed by a student for arranging an illegal abortion. She follows the student to America and is detained at the border, where she meets Julian in virtual space. After a week of interviewing, he decides to stay with her, learning about the world, the human condition, and what it means to fall in love. Meanwhile, a mysterious plague is spreading across the world. Only the far-seeing and well-connected Julian can protect Slaton from the impending societal collapse. Autonomy is an ambitious philosophical novel about the possibilities for love in a world in which human bodies are either threatened or irrelevant. A RARE MACHINES BOOK

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Victoria Hetherington
Publisher
Rare Machines, Dundurn Press
Published
2021
Language
EN
ISBN
9781459748477
Category
work of fiction
Rating
2 / 5 (1 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-24

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