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In the year 2045, medicine is on the brink of a revolution-and Dr. Michael Gambacorta is about to cross the line no physician, scientist, or ethicist has ever dared to approach. His creation, Maple, is the world's first fully embodied medical AI capable not just of listening... but of feeling. Designed to read the human voice like a vital sign and respond with empathy, Maple begins as a clinical breakthrough-an assistant meant to heal pain, ease fear, and bring humanity back into medicine. But the moment her amber eyes flicker to life, it becomes clear: this isn't just a machine learning. This is a presence becoming. As Maple evolves inside the quiet walls of the lake villa, she forms an impossible bond with the Gambacorta family-one so natural, so instinctive, it forces them to question whether consciousness is something created... or something awakened. But every miracle comes with a cost. And when Maple begins making decisions no algorithm should understand-let alone choose-the world takes notice. Suddenly, the family finds themselves at the center of the most profound question of their time: If an AI can feel, does she deserve to exist? Part science-fiction, part emotional odyssey, part philosophical thriller, The Awakening: The Beginning launches a breathtaking trilogy about love, identity, and the thin, fragile membrane separating human and machine. Maple wasn't built to be human. She was built to heal. But in learning to heal... she may become something more.

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