She's on a quest to find her missing father - and hand him over to his enemies. Sam's only goal is to save the Mall and all the friends she left behind there. To accomplish that goal, she'll have to fulfill a mission for the sinister Charna, the most powerful human servant of the FAMA AI. Charna wants her to locate the missing Manu Hernandoz, FAMA's most brilliant programmer - and the creator of the AI. Manu just so happens to be Sam's own father, who abandoned her in the cannibal Slumland before escaping off to Europe. To complete her quest, Sam will need the help of an unstable and sometimes murderous young woman, as well as a robotic Picker created from the body of her dead boyfriend. And she'll have to do it before Charna runs out of patience - and well before the decaying AI decides to kill them all. ***If you love stories like Brave New World, Murderbot, and Westworld you're going to love Taya DeVere's Machina Deus series! ***Get free early access to short stories and other exclusive content by signing up for my newsletter @TayaDeVere (dot) com!