{"product_id":"machinehood-paperback","title":"Machinehood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eS. B. Divya\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZero Dark Thirty \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eThe Social Network\u003c\/i\u003e in this \"clever...gritty\" (Ken Liu, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Grace of Kings\u003c\/i\u003e) science fiction thriller about artificial intelligence, sentience, and labor rights in a near future dominated by the gig economy--from Hugo Award nominee S.B. Divya.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWelga Ramirez, executive bodyguard and ex-special forces, is about to retire early when her client is killed in front of her. It's, 2095 and people don't usually die from violence. Humanity is entirely dependent on pills that not only help them stay alive but allow them to compete with artificial intelligence in an increasingly competitive gig economy. Daily doses protect against designer diseases, flow enhances focus, zips and buffs enhance physical strength and speed, and juvers speed the healing process. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll that changes when Welga's client is killed by The Machinehood, a new and mysterious terrorist group that has simultaneously attacked several major pill funders. The Machinehood operatives seem to be part human, part machine, something the world has never seen. They issue an ultimatum: stop all pill production in one week. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGlobal panic ensues as pill production slows and many become ill. Thousands destroy their bots in fear of a strong AI takeover. But the US government believes the Machinehood is a cover for an old enemy. One that Welga is uniquely qualified to fight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWelga, determined to take down the Machinehood, is pulled back into intelligence work by the government that betrayed her. But who are the Machinehood, and what do they really want? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \"fantastic, big-idea thriller\" (Malka Older, Hugo Award finalist for The Centenal Cycle series) that asks: if we won't see machines as human, will we instead see humans as machines?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eS.B. Divya is a lover of science, math, fiction, and the Oxford comma. She enjoys subverting expectations and breaking stereotypes whenever she can. Divya is the Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eRuntime\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eEscape Pod\u003c\/i\u003e, with Mur Lafferty. Her short stories have been published at various magazines including \u003ci\u003eAnalog\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Uncanny\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTor\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of the short collection, \u003ci\u003eContingency Plans for the Apocalypse and Other Situations\u003c\/i\u003e, and debut novel, \u003ci\u003eMachinehood\u003c\/i\u003e. Divya holds degrees in computational neuroscience and signal processing, and she worked for twenty years as an electrical engineer before becoming an author. Find out more about her at SBDivya.com or on Twitter as @DivyasTweets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42099052675207,"sku":"9781982148072","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/cdd0e404b769e571f6da20cb4990dbba.webp?v=1732369868","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/machinehood-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}