Artificial Selection

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>From the WINNER of the Green Stories Prize!</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As the world recovers from the Melt the ArkTech Territory stands as a bastion of hope. But when a glitching AI with a fondness for dad jokes starts asking awkward questions Charlotte Vance learns the answers are no laughing matter.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>An AI an investigator and a geneticist walk into a library...</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It's the year 2101 and half of England is underwater. The horrors of the Melt are fading into memory thanks to ArkTech - the company that saved the world.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>For Charlotte Vance ArkTech is the only home she's ever known. So when Ben the company's curious AI starts asking awkward questions about human behaviour she's happy to help.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But when she investigates a geneticist stealing pages from library books Charlotte stumbles upon secrets that force her to confront her past and threaten to shatter her faith in the company she's always trusted.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Charlotte will have to make a choice - and the wrong decision could cost her everything.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Artificial Selection</em> - a thrilling near-future mystery packed with heart humour and suspense.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>What Readers Are Saying...</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In the top echelon of near-future storytelling. Looking forward to the next one.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This is a well-written story with a good plot and believable characters. I found it to be an excellent read.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Honestly I devoured it in one go in just a single day - it was that good. The world-building? Absolutely brilliant... Charlotte Vance is such a relatable character. She's flawed smart and determined and I was completely rooting for her... The humor was spot-on too - not overdone just enough to balance the story's emotional weight. And that ending? Perfection. It left me feeling hopeful which is rare these days isn't it?</span></p>