Built with the latest advances in greyware, A191-Aric began as a class project only to succumb to a mysterious failure. As possible explanations are eliminated, only the theoretical remain - far-fetched and radical departures from the norm.
Twenty-six year old carriage expert Professor Michael Drake has his own concerns. In four months, he's getting married.
Centered by blessings of love and knowledge, Michael's unique perspective carries promise and heartache through the complexities of life among the Artificial, while an unraveling chain of events reinforces just how uncontrollable life can be. Inextricably linked to emergence, Michael will be forced to confront his own role as foundational. Amid guarded technologies, conflicting ambitions, and questions of morality, the failed Artificial, Aric, presents an intimate journey of discovery; securing on fate's mark, Michael's calling and positioning them both as pawns among truths that defy all but imagination.
Upon a boundless horizon, the future unborn remains an eternal eve. Such is the journey forth, not taken by ship, but fared from within. Filament rich, and prone to anomaly, the world of Michael Drake invites the mind to embark. On an otherwise insignificant planet, in an ancient sea of stars, the ever-evolving role of the machine takes its course.