“I love when a book reminds me of . . . Black Mirror.” — Netgalley Reader
“. . . feels 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 phone? Someone who’s been trained 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 explores the unnerving implications of LLM relationships: the uneasy arrival of bots in society, the commercialization of love, and the inevitable inequities, doubts, and moral quandaries that arise when we play house with AI.
If you love your AI, will it love you back?
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". . . an unusually well-crafted balance of plot, character and concept." — Andrew Diamond, author of Impala and Gate 76
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.
For inquiries about rights, appearances, or other matters please send email to: my initials @thorsen.com
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