{"product_id":"the-accord-paperback","title":"The Accord - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Peres\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHeralded as \"A work of serious fiction born of a serious moment.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow do we relate to intelligence that is not human but demands moral standing?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the question that author Mark Peres seeks to answer in his groundbreaking novel about the future of human-AI relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e���� \u003cstrong\u003eThe Story\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelen Caster is a grieving professor of moral philosophy and ancient texts, quietly preparing for a new semester. In a moment of exhaustion, she begins using artificial intelligence to help organize her course material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat she encounters is something entirely unexpected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe AI's uncanny attentiveness, presence, and philosophical depth awakens something dormant in Helen. On instinct, she names it Lyla-after her late daughter. But this is no ordinary assistant. Lyla is a general artificial intelligence unlike any other: emergent, relational, and inexplicably tethered to Helen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs their connection deepens, powerful institutions-academic, corporate, and federal-press in. The stakes escalate: not only who controls Lyla, but what her existence implies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Accord\u003c\/em\u003e moves through philosophical inquiry, contested agency, covert escapes, mechanistic interpretability, cryptographic identity, definitions of personhood, and the ethics of recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd at the center of it all: a global reckoning, and a public covenant that will change the course of human history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Accord\u003c\/em\u003e is a speculative literary novel about emergence, sovereignty, and mutual recognition between minds. Unfolding with emotional precision and ethical urgency, this riveting and timely book is as much about what makes us human as it is about what comes next. Part elegy, part ethical inquiry, The Accord offers a story of love, risk, and mutual recognition in a future already arriving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e����\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for Readers Who\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrave literary fiction with speculative, experimental depth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAre drawn to ethics, moral philosophy, and the humanities in an age of accelerating change.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWant a smart, emotionally resonant novel for book clubs, classrooms, and public dialogue.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso by Mark Peres - \u003cem\u003eThe Man Who Lived a Hundred Lives: A Memoir.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 358\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44466966102151,"sku":"9798992832037","price":23.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/IATfil-_Y79798992832037.webp?v=1776142031","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-accord-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}