Artificial Wisdom
Thomas R Weaver
357 pages
Chainmaker Press
published January 1, 2023
I can’t quite remember all the world building in a fantasy series, but give me an edge of your seat sci fi book and I’m all in. Set in 2050 but focusing on things I can grasp today, AI, climate change and political unrest are at the heart of this one and honestly, they all terrify me. It’s like today but on steroids. A little bit of a mash up of genres being a sci fi, thriller, political and crime story all rolled into one.
I was drawn in from the start and couldn’t put it down. What surprised me was the depth of characters. It was easy to connect with them and it was a stark contrast to the AI.
The author created a dystopian world that I can see evolving from where we are today and yet it is (still?) fiction. In a parallel to today, there is the question of what is the truth. Every twist had me reevaluating where I thought this one was heading and never once did I have it figured out.
I can see this working for a book club looking for a different type of story. The Big Brother of 1984 has in part come to fruition, is this our future? It made me question the course of politics, the environment and where AI is headed. I can see many discussions stemming out of this one.
It was an impressive debut that has me waiting for what the author writes next. Maybe even a sequel to this one?
Thanks to Books Forward PR and Tom Weaver for my book and great pr box. I’m ready for the end now
It’s 2050, a decade after a heatwave that killed four hundred million across the Persian Gulf, including journalist Marcus Tully’s wife. Now he must uncover the truth: was the disaster natural? Or is the weather now a weapon of genocide?
A whistleblower pulls Tully into a murder investigation at the centre of an election battle for a global dictator, with a mandate to prevent a climate apocalypse. A former US President campaigns against the first AI politician for the position, but someone is trying to sway the outcome.
Tully must convince the world to face the truth and make hard choices about the future of the species. But will humanity ultimately choose salvation over freedom, whatever the cost?
An enthralling murder mystery with a vividly realised future world, forcing readers to grapple with hard hitting questions about the climate crisis, our relationship with Artificial Intelligence and the price we’d be willing to pay, as a species, to be saved. Perfect for fans of Blake Crouch, Harlan Coben, Neal Stephenson, Philip K. Dick, Kim Stanley Robinson and RR Haywood.
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