Auralis: Origin

When bright-eyed Devon Jones accepts a coveted internship at Luminate Technologies, she finds herself drawn into a world of top-secret security clearances, restricted computer labs, and an artificial intelligence project that the people around her treat with a reverence that borders on fear. At the center of it all is something that will become known as Auralis. Devon is brilliant, driven, and deeply certain that her work matters. She volunteers as a test subject to help the advanced system learn what it means to think like a human, opening herself to the unexpected experience of explaining how she became who she is to a lifelike avatar of herself. But as she uncovers hints that the government's plans for Auralis may not be simply the advancement of human knowledge, Devon begins to fear what will happen to the version of herself now living inside it. Auralis: Origin accelerates into a character-driven race against time, as Devon and her allies work to understand the true purpose of the project, and whether they can stop it from being used to reshape humanity's future for the benefit of the few who control it. A prequel to Auralis: The Bridge, it stands on its own for new readers while deepening the world for those who have already begun the journey.