Length14h 19m
About this audiobook
Vivia is hard science fiction about the creation of the first synthetic mind, not an AI built from scratch, but a human mind, captured and carried over onto a new substrate. That distinction is the whole engine of the story. The science honest: no hand-waving, no magic. It’s also, underneath, a love story, and a book about loss, about a cherry tree, and what we owe those we bring into being. It’s Book One of a cosmic arc that spans the Departures Universe.
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction, Mystery and Thriller
Length14 hrs 19 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 21, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1: Discovery
28Chapter 28: Fragments
2Chapter 2: Woods Hole
29Chapter 29: Last Rites
3Chapter 3: The NRI
30Chapter 30: Before I Lose My Courage
4Chapter 4: The Garden
31Chapter 31: Five Days
5Chapter 5: Decoherence
32Chapter 32: Resurrection
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6Chapter 6: The Pact
33Chapter 33: Clinical
7Chapter 7: Racing Time
34Chapter 34: Therapy
8Chapter 8: Thursday’s Rage
35Chapter 35: Night Moves
9Chapter 9: Friday’s Scan
36Chapter 36: Extension
10Chapter 10: The Message
37Chapter 37: Moments
11Chapter 11: The Visitor
38Chapter 38: Practical Limits
12Chapter 12: Critical Windows
39Chapter 39: Perfect Birth
13Chapter 13: The Garden Walk (Reprise)
40Chapter 40: The Asset
14Chapter 14: Signal from Noise
41Chapter 41: The Middle Way
15Chapter 15: The Grief
42Chapter 42: The Assistant
16Chapter 16: The Data
43Chapter 43: Compartmentalization
17Chapter 17: 87 Seconds
44Chapter 44: The Audit
18Chapter 18: Graduated Activation
45Chapter 45: The Warning
19Chapter 19: The Solution
46Chapter 46: Escalation
20Chapter 20: Building the Bridge
47Chapter 47: TSHTF
21Chapter 21: The Final Systems
48Chapter 48: The Alliance
22Chapter 22: The Awakening
49Chapter 49: Unreachable
23Chapter 23: Lessons in Fear
50Chapter 50: The Mathematics of Sacrifice
24Chapter 24: The Report
51Chapter 51: Awakening
25Chapter 25: Acceleration
52Chapter 52: Understanding the Garden
26Chapter 26: The Demonstration
53Chapter 53: The Garden at the End
27Chapter 27: The Proposal
54Epilogue: Spring
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