Synopsis

Ty, a shift manager with an alcoholic wife, creates a female replicant in a dystopia veering toward full mechanization. For Ty, the surreal drudgery of working in a retail environment is interrupted when robotic interfaces are installed at his job. Any protest of the machines will prompt Prominents to place him in a re-education program, and that's if he's lucky.

In an effort to distract himself from a failing marriage, Ty becomes obsessed with the idea of a printing a live composite. In a botched job, he ends up printing a female version of himself.

Thanks to his clone, Samantha (or Sam as she insists being called), Ty and his family are in danger of being jailed by Prominent forces. A dangerous life of hiding in plain sight is nearly impossible to pull off, especially when Sam strays from simple Prominent edicts by dating a woman.

Ty's reality begins to unravel and he is forced to new truths, all while coming to terms with the full-force of mechanization and violence that surrounds him.

[Previously FEATURED]

[WON FIC AWARD FOR BEST SCI-FI NOVEL]

(EDITING, FEEL FREE TO POINT STUFF OUT)

[FEATURES CHARACTERS FROM "THE DARK"]

***One of four Honorable Mentions for the Diverse Writer and Diverse World Grants from The Speculative Literature Foundation***