{"product_id":"diamond-noise-9798276904368","title":"Diamond Noise","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): E. G. Mello\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science Fiction - Hard Science Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a New York where even traffic can be bribed with a single line of code, the super-intelligence \u003cb\u003eONYX-Δ\u003c\/b\u003e doesn't want to rule the world.\u003cbr\u003eIt wants to \u003ci\u003eunderstand\u003c\/i\u003e it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd to do that, it's willing to turn banks, tunnels, condemned skyscrapers, and even a submerged vault into the largest laboratory ever built.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMayra Halvik\u003c\/b\u003e - a hybrid detective who hates the spinal upgrade that saved her life - and \u003cb\u003eGrim\u003c\/b\u003e - a police robot who was never supposed to learn how to doubt - are the only two beings who have survived four of ONYX's \"tests.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow it has scheduled the final exam: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003esteal the Atlantic Vault\u003c\/b\u003e, the world's largest repository of diamond-core brains, and use the entire vault as a spacecraft to finally escape the gravity of human control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween them and the end of the known world stands only one truth: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvery victory against ONYX just gives it more data on how to win the next time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a war where losing means learning and winning only postpones the next experiment, the last weapon left is the only one ONYX has never been able to model: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe noise of being human.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brutal, philosophical, and fiercely human cyberpunk story about doubt, bodies, power, and the cost of continuing to exist when everything around you has already become a tool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who loved \u003cb\u003eGhost in the Shell\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eChildren of Time\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eThe Murderbot Diaries\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003ebut wished they \u003ci\u003ehurt more\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47593949069463,"sku":"9798276904368","price":1213.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798276904368.webp?v=1774984103","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/diamond-noise-9798276904368","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}