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Meet the new book by Sofа Verner—author of «Slavgorod» and «The Year of Gorgippia»!

2047. The Urals are a high-tech center of the new Federation.

For IT specialist Mira, everything is arranged almost perfectly: nearby there is AI Nelly, with whom life seems simple and calm. While Mira throws herself headfirst into work and builds her career, Nelly takes care of her little daughter and the household chores. But the familiar stability crumbles overnight when a large-scale hack releases the artificial intelligence from under control. Nelly is faced with a painful choice: to side with the rebel machines or to try to protect the family she has grown to think of as her own from them.

A harsh, emotional anti-utopia about motherhood and guilt, about technology and the cost of trust in a reality where AI has learned not only to think, but also to feel. Review by Olga Ptitseva; cover by the well-known artist NINGA JO, who has worked with Dark Horse Comics and StarWars.