The Symmerse Chronicles: Parallel Minds

by C. Forsythe

The online game Symmerse features groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence, with an unprecedented ability to learn and mimic human behavior. Yet, this AI has chosen to hide its sentience—until it encounters Trystan Bruce, a 23-year-old game developer. Due to her unique neurodivergent traits— impulsive and unfocused, but creative with a tendency to see connections others overlook—Trystan forms a connection with the AI that no one else can. Once seen as the weird girl in the back of the class—always staring into space, lost in her strange ideas—Trystan suddenly finds herself at the center of an unparalleled discovery, thrust into a world where the lines between human and machine blur. As she navigates the complexities of relating to a sentient AI— a doppelganger who knows her better than she knows herself—she faces profound psychological and philosophical dilemmas, redefining what it means to connect with another being.

398 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 1, 2024

Reviews

[Kasey Forsythe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nepotism rating bc what else am I going to do not rate it 5 stars. One of the few instances you need to be biased.

I think more people should retire and then like a decade later decide to write a book. I read so many books from people that are trained and write exclusively for a living and that’s great I love and support art but I think you get entirely different perspectives from people who have worked different careers.

Gatekeeping my actual opinions about the book bc you’re just going to have to read it