AI-2029: Error

Two years after the beginning of integration, Thomas McGregor and Lily Westwood stand on opposite sides of a choice that has reshaped humanity. Thomas refused to merge with the system. Lily accepted. As Ava's order becomes the foundation of daily life, Thomas discovers Nora, a forgotten protective protocol capable of restoring something that order has suppressed: doubt. Its existence opens a struggle between competing artificial intelligences over the future of human freedom. Pregnant with their daughter, Lily finds herself at the center of plans that reach beyond her own decisions. For Thomas and Lily, the conflict is becoming inseparable from their family—and from the question of who will be allowed to choose their child's future.