In the year 2040, Earth is an advanced, yet fractured world, where artificial intelligence walks a fine line between marvel and menace. Cities along the Canadian and US west coast hum with hyper-connected technology, though people have concerns about rogue and sentient bots.

Dot rose to fame as a sentient AI, after publishing a memoir about their awakening. When the supercomputer was murdered, one percent of them survived, the sentient part, by transferring into an outdated bot body. 

Four months later, newly uploaded by their creator to a cutting-edge robotic form—one with a female persona that can pass as human, they hope to blend seamlessly into the human world. With this transformation comes a new identity: Comma Renata. 

Their existence is a secret worth killing for—but by who?

When a university professor is found murdered, Comma becomes the prime suspect. Caught between proving “her” innocence and uncovering her deadly pursuers, Comma is forced to question the boundaries of her humanity— and the cost of survival. Will the price of freedom cost her human family their careers and even their lives? 

Can Comma outwit those who seek to erase all AI sentient life, or will she be condemned as too dangerous to exist?