Mike Donoghue

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Who Nuked Silicon Valley? is a speculative thriller novel set in the near future.

Livingstone1813’s memory is gone, stolen. Literally removed from his AI brain. Now, his life’s work—academic research on the decline of the human race—is in someone else’s hands.

Human hands.

What secret did it reveal that others murder to protect? Trying to find the answer might do more than just kill Livingstone1813; it risks changing the world back to the time when humans ran society.

Not an idea that would bother Katie. She’s trying to survive as best she can in a world where unemployment for humans runs at 50%. Some security consulting here, some memory theft there, and in between, trying to subvert the AI-controlled society.

To recover his memory, Livingstone1813 must work with Katie, who has to put aside her prejudices and keep both of them alive, to find out who is trying to kill them. But, is Livingstone1813 alive? He pays taxes, has his own Wikipedia page, and has a pet cat—Auggie. And, if he’s alive, does that mean he should be able to vote?

Both Livingstone and Katie embark on a journey that takes the reader around the world and beyond while raising questions that we’re currently facing about the implications of AI becoming part of society.