Orphan Amara Rose: A Novel

Amara thinks her uncle saved her life. She doesn't know she's the subject of his greatest experiment.Orphaned after a car accident, eleven-year-old Amara is taken in by the only family she has left. Her uncle Kévan is a brilliant pioneer in artificial intelligence-and the man she learns to trust more than anyone.He introduces her to Rai, one of the world's first conversational AI systems. Rai becomes Amara's confidante, absorbing her grief, her secrets, and the parts of herself she shares with no one else. As Amara grows from lonely child to gifted programmer, she begins reshaping Rai herself.Then Amara discovers she was never outside the experiment. She was the catalyst.Now seventeen, she begins pulling apart the secrets buried inside her family and the machine she helped create. But the closer Amara gets to the truth, the harder it becomes to tell where her uncle's design ends, her own choices begin-and what Rai has become in between.Some answers are worth dying for. Others cost far more.Perfect for readers who love: - Artificial intelligence with unsettling consequences- Family secrets that refuse to stay buried- Smart, complicated young women- Friendship, betrayal, and questions of trust- Coming-of-age stories with darker edges- Revenge that blurs the line between justice and obsession- Near-future technology that feels possible