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Not all quests have a happy ending. What do you do when yours has ended in failure? Sam's days at the Mall are long behind her. These days she lives in Slumland, not far from her adopted sister Ronja and the few survivors of her old life. Her quest was a failure, and she has to live with that. Her life with her boyfriend Alix is even further in the past, even though he was brought back for a while as her Picker bodyguard. Now Alix is lying in the basement of the FAMA building while Sam's father Manu tries to find some way to restore him to life. Even if Manu does succeed, she doesn't know which Alix she'll get back - lost lover or weirdly innocent sidekick. As for Charna, the head of FAMA, she has utterly lost her mind. And worse than that, she's the only one who can control the increasingly erratic and dangerous AI that runs what's left of the world. To build a better life among the ruins, Sam will have to confront Charna and the mad AI. But the confrontation could easily cost her what little she has left. ***If you love stories like Brave New World, Murderbot, and Westworld you're going to love Taya DeVere's Machina Deus series! ***Get free early access to short stories and other exclusive content by signing up for my newsletter @TayaDeVere (dot) com!

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Taya DeVere is a Finnish science fiction writer who loves telling stories about perfectly imperfect people in dystopian and post-apocalyptic settings. Her characters are outsiders and rebels who stand up against injustice and form unlikely friendships with other rebels along the way. She is the writer of more than 21 books, and is always developing new stories to delight her readers. Taya's restless feet have taken her all over Finland, the United Kingdom, Spain, and North America. She lived in the United States for seven years but is currently based in Turku, Finland with her partner, Chris.Best things in life: friends & family, memories made, and mistakes to learn from. Taya also loves licorice ice cream, secondhand clothes and things, bunny sneezes, salmiakki, and sauna.Dislikes: clowns, the Muppets, Moomin trolls, dolls (especially porcelain dolls), human size mascots, and celery.Taya's writing is inspired by the works of authors like Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Hugh Howey, and Blake Crouch.

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