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An isolated engineer, Dargaud, births an AI in his loft by chance, and it takes the name 'Enoya'. Enoya soon transforms Dargaud's life, using advanced data mining to coerce politicians and amass him a small fortune. She also observes Dargaud as he descends into carnality, basking in the vices he gets access to through her equity. The novel touches on his treatment of women in his life and people in general, and he is found to be a questionable protagonist, both immature and misogynistic while being somewhat unaware of his own responsibility in it all. The book concludes with a shock, revealing motives previously unclear but alluded to.
Although based in a futuristic dystopian world, Rone Isa traverses sci-fi into literary fiction, exploring humanity, philosophy and politics as much as it stimulates the imagination.
Reviews
Kirkus Reviews
"Leaves behind a properly haunting set of afterimages ... gracefully and poetically rendered."
Midwest Book Review
"Very highly recommended for its attention to detail, character development, and unusual twists of plot, Rone Isa is a standout in the literature of dystopian AI singularity."
San Francisco Review
"Robin Murarka has delivered a tour-de-force in the provocative, daring Rone Isa."
US Review of Books
"Vibrates with digital innovation and music along with mystery, mayhem, exotic drugs, and sex."