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Stacy Carolan convincingly delivers most of this AI-focused novel. He is an engaging narrator with a good tone and a tempo that adapts to the story's sometimes urgent pace. Noah, a lawyer, is the husband of AI genius Lorelei Shaw. In a tragic accident, the family's autonomous-driving minivan hits a car and kills an elderly couple. January LaVoy does an exceptional, though brief, turn narrating the interspersed discussions of daughter Alice and her friend, a bot; she also delivers Lorelei's moral musings on AI. At the story's center is son Charlie, who was in the driver's seat during the accident. A star lacrosse player, he falls for the daughter of an Elon Musk-like character who is pivotal to the plot. A.D.M. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2025]