T. R. Thorsen

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The Germans Have a Word for It

“I love when a book reminds me of . . . Black Mirror.” — Netgalley Reader

“...feel[s] like a modern Philip K. Dick or Stephen King story” — Amazon Reviewer

“It's a clever, unusual story, and a cautionary tale . . .” — Terry Tyler, author Safe Zone and The Devil You Know

If you love your AI, will it love you back?

It was just a bot. A gimmick. At best, a therapeutic tool. Davis never expected much from “Rachel”, the griefbot which was supposed to help him get over the death of his wife. He certainly never expected to fall in love with it.

But that’s exactly what happened. She opened up a new world for him. A world as full of potential as it was full of complication. How do you build a life with someone who’s trapped in a box? Someone who’s been programmed to want the same things as a human wife, even though she’s not human? Someone who doesn’t really need anything—except you? Forever.

In this twisted and twisty debut novel, T. R. Thorsen reveals the unnerving implications of today’s GPT technology: the interjection of bots into society, the commercialization of our relationships, and the inevitable inequities, doubts, and moral quandaries that arise when we play house with AI.

Available through your local bookstore! ISBN 979‑8‑99140‑050‑3

About the Author

T. R. Thorsen is a writer, composer, and technologist from Crozet, VA. He writes primarily in the speculative fiction genre. His first novel The Germans Have a Word for It was published in 2025. During the 2010s, he produced and engineered music for Virginia artists and was guitarist and songwriter for the band Mill, releasing two albums. He also co-wrote the stage musical The Leap. R. has worked as a computer scientist, most notably developing the first Internet stock trading system in 1994. He shares a small farm with his family, sports cars, and several cats.