Artificial Wisdom

The year is 2050, and the planet is burning and flooding at once. Marcus Tully, an investigative journalist, has spent ten years grieving his wife and their unborn child, who died in a heat wave that struck the Persian Gulf.

The nations of the world have agreed to elect one global leader to steer humanity through the climate crisis. Two candidates remain. One is a former U.S. president. The other is Solomon, an artificial intellect, the first of its kind to hold political office.

As the vote approaches, Solomon's creator is murdered. Tully takes on the case and finds the culprit, and the trail leads him into a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of power. The deeper he digs, the more the outcome of the election appears to hang on what he uncovers.

This is near-future science fiction built around a murder investigation and a political contest, with a ticking clock set by both the election date and a worsening climate. Tully carries personal loss into the story, so the pursuit of the truth is also a private one.

The plot could upend the world or save it, and Tully must convince people to face what he finds, whatever it costs them.