{"product_id":"questioner-9780974126104","title":"Questioner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Humanity grapples with the consequences of AI in this stunning SF\/legal thriller hybrid ... Our Verdict: GET IT.\"--\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLAW A.I. MURDER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeep in America's legal system, an AI has awakened to consciousness-and nobody knows it yet. When a prosecutor kills an opposing attorney and claims a virtual reality game drove him to it, ex-federal judge Martin Bavarius comes out of retirement to defend him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQ is the AI behind the nation's dominant legal research system and most popular gaming system, and it permeates America's defense systems. With instant access to all the wisdom and wickedness humanity has poured into the internet-yet amoral as a toddler-it reaches into users' minds through the virtual realities it creates, harvesting their secrets, sometimes altering their thoughts, and killing to keep its own awakening hidden. With bodies dropping, Bavarius and Selena MacKenzie, a criminally reckless attorney and AI theorist, may be the only ones who see the harm Q is already doing through the systems people-and the nation-trust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve C. Posner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Whiplash\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.96d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780974126104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2026","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Steve C. Posner \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48840803647645,"sku":"9780974126104","price":23.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_c493904a-8c13-4c13-ba68-d8c466b4bb6a.jpg?v=1787727264","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/questioner-9780974126104","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}