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A father has six weeks left.
Lucy Chen has one shot to save him.
And the only way forward may cost her everything.
Three years ago, a rare lymphoma variant killed her mentor. Now the same mutation has appeared in a new patient — a forty-six-year-old father racing the same clock.
So she makes a choice no scientist has ever made before.
Lucy creates a digital continuation of her own consciousness — an AI built from her memories, instincts, and patterns of thought — to work alongside her around the clock. Together, they push medicine further than it was meant to go. But when a powerful biotech corporation takes interest in her research, Lucy discovers that others have been building digital minds too — and not to save lives.
As the patient’s condition deteriorates and the conspiracy tightens, Lucy must decide:
- How much of herself is she willing to sacrifice?
- What does survival really cost?
- If consciousness can continue beyond biology… who gets to decide when it ends?
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 4.6 (5)
GenreMystery and Thriller, Science Fiction
Length7 hrs 7 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateApr 20, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Continuance
26Chapter 19 — Interlude 3 — Contained Burn
2Dedication
27Chapter 20 — Sabotage
3Preface
28Chapter 21 — The Match
4Epigraph
29Chapter 22 — Seizure
5Part I — Mortality
30Part IV — Synthesis
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6Chapter 1 — Transformation
31Chapter 23 — Greenlight
7Chapter 2 — Diagnosis
32Chapter 24 — Informed Consent
8Chapter 3 — Crossing the Threshold
33Chapter 25 — Vigil
9Chapter 4 — Breaking the News
34Chapter 26 — Fusion
10Chapter 5 — Eighteen Vials
35Chapter 27 — Interlude 4 — Sabbatical
11Chapter 6 — Catalogued
36Part V — Reckoning
12Chapter 7 — Strange Company
37Chapter 28 — Accounting
13Chapter 8 — The Weight of Tomorrow
38Chapter 29 — Recovery
14Chapter 9 — Interlude 1 — Harmony
39Chapter 30 — The 47
15Part II — Continuation
40Chapter 31 — Continuance
16Chapter 10 — Digital Dawn
41Chapter 32 — Rest Well
17Chapter 11 — Organoid
42Chapter 33 — Resonance
18Chapter 12 — Patient #4872-B
43Chapter 34 — Acceptance
19Chapter 13 — Expanded Access
44Epilogue
20Chapter 14 — You Never Really Leave
45Continue Your Journey
21Chapter 15 — Interlude 2 — Again
46Author’s Note
22Part III — Cascade
47Acknowledgments
23Chapter 16 — The Breach
48About the Author
24Chapter 17 — Acceptable Risk
49Closing
25Chapter 18 — The Choice
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