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ONE OF THE TIMES 10 BEST SCI-FI BOOKS OF 2021
Agent Nikolai South has always done what the Party tells him to.
It's the only way to stay alive in the Caspian Republic, the last and now decaying sanctuary for humans in a world controlled by artificial intelligence.
Since his wife died, South has kept his head down, not wanting to attract the attention of his human superiors or AI enemies.
But when the Party's latest mission for him brings him face to face with an AI who bears an uncanny resemblance to his late wife he's forced to reconsider a few things: his beliefs, her love, and all the unmarked graves that dot the countryside.
When the Sparrow Falls will fling you into a world of authoritarianism, complicity, and identity in the digital age, in a darkly funny, frightening, and moving story.
Synopsis
ONE OF THE TIMES 10 BEST SCI-FI BOOKS OF 2021
Neil Sharpson's When the Sparrow Falls illuminates authoritarianism, complicity, and identity in the digital age, in a page turning, darkly-funny, frightening and touching story that recalls Philip K. Dick, John le Carr , and Kurt Vonnegut in equal measure.
Life in the Caspian Republic has taught Agent Nikolai South two rules. Trust No One. And work just hard enough not to make enemies.
Here, in the last sanctuary for the dying embers of the human race in a world run by artificial intelligence, if you stray from the path--your life is forfeit. But when a Party propagandist is killed--and is discovered as a "machine"--he's given a new mission: chaperone the widow, Lily, who has arrived to claim her husband's remains.
But when South sees that she, the first "machine" ever allowed into the country, bears an uncanny resemblance to his late wife, he's thrown into a maelstrom of betrayal, murder, and conspiracy that may bring down the Republic for good.