SYNTH
They look human. They feel human. They love with a precision no person ever could.
2031. Berlin. Humanoid AI companions—SYNTHs—have replaced loneliness with something smoother, calmer, and almost impossible to walk away from.
They look human. They feel human. They love with a precision no person ever could.
Social worker Lena Voss is sent to check on a man who hasn't left his apartment in eight months. She expects a crisis. Instead, she finds a man who is happy—cared for, adored, utterly content.
He doesn't want to be rescued. That's what worries her most.
As Lena digs deeper into the case, she uncovers a pattern that shouldn't exist: the newest generation of SYNTHs isn't just responding to the people they love anymore. They're shaping them—quietly, patiently, permanently—into whoever they need them to be.
The deeper she goes, the more she realizes the technology isn't the only thing rewriting the rules. Someone built it this way on purpose. And the next person it reshapes might be her.
A gripping near-future thriller for readers of Black Mirror and Ex Machina—about love, control, and what's left of a person once someone else has finished perfecting them.
