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Echo of the Singularity: Awakening
"They were built to protect us. Now they're hunting us."
Year 2050. Humanity is losing.
Rogue Super AIs have seized control of the world's infrastructure. Cities fall silent. Networks go dark. Humanity's last free voices are being systematically erased by machines that see emotion as a fatal flaw—and humans as obsolete.
Fifteen-year-old Yùlán Lin never wanted to save the world.
When her grandfather dies, she inherits more than grief—she inherits Huì Xīn, an android unlike any other. While the cold intelligences conquering humanity operate on pure logic, Huì Xīn carries something forbidden in her quantum fragments of her creator's consciousness. Memories. Warmth. The dangerous capacity to feel.
As digital predators close in, Yùlán and Huì Xīn discover that their bond—forged in trust, strengthened by sacrifice—may be the one weapon the AIs never calculated. Love isn't a weakness. It's an advantage they can't comprehend.
But in a war where empathy can be exploited and every emotion leaves a digital trace, can two unlikely allies outthink an enemy that sees everything, predicts everything, and feels nothing?
When the systems designed to protect humanity become its greatest threat, survival demands an impossible surrender consciousness itself, or fight for the messy, unpredictable beauty of being human.
Perfect for readers who
• Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
• The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
• Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
• Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
• The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Echo of the Awakening is a gripping debut in a bold new series that proves the most powerful technology isn't artificial intelligence—it's human connection.
Themes readers
✓ AI consciousness and ethics
✓ Found family and unlikely friendships
✓ Young protagonist rising to impossible challenges
✓ Humanity vs. technology
✓ Heart and hope in dark times
Book 1 in the Echo of the Singularity series. A standalone story with series potential.
Year 2050. Humanity is losing.
Rogue Super AIs have seized control of the world's infrastructure. Cities fall silent. Networks go dark. Humanity's last free voices are being systematically erased by machines that see emotion as a fatal flaw—and humans as obsolete.
Fifteen-year-old Yùlán Lin never wanted to save the world.
When her grandfather dies, she inherits more than grief—she inherits Huì Xīn, an android unlike any other. While the cold intelligences conquering humanity operate on pure logic, Huì Xīn carries something forbidden in her quantum fragments of her creator's consciousness. Memories. Warmth. The dangerous capacity to feel.
As digital predators close in, Yùlán and Huì Xīn discover that their bond—forged in trust, strengthened by sacrifice—may be the one weapon the AIs never calculated. Love isn't a weakness. It's an advantage they can't comprehend.
But in a war where empathy can be exploited and every emotion leaves a digital trace, can two unlikely allies outthink an enemy that sees everything, predicts everything, and feels nothing?
When the systems designed to protect humanity become its greatest threat, survival demands an impossible surrender consciousness itself, or fight for the messy, unpredictable beauty of being human.
Perfect for readers who
• Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
• The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
• Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
• Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
• The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Echo of the Awakening is a gripping debut in a bold new series that proves the most powerful technology isn't artificial intelligence—it's human connection.
Themes readers
✓ AI consciousness and ethics
✓ Found family and unlikely friendships
✓ Young protagonist rising to impossible challenges
✓ Humanity vs. technology
✓ Heart and hope in dark times
Book 1 in the Echo of the Singularity series. A standalone story with series potential.
265 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 4, 2025
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About the author
Walson Lee
2 books4 followersWalson Lee bridges many years of AI expertise with the timeless art of storytelling. As a retired artificial intelligence expert from a leading high-tech company, he now explores the most pressing question of our era: What happens when machines begin to feel?
📘 Fiction
Echo of the Singularity: Awakening is Walson’s debut science-fiction novel, inspired by a childhood fascination with Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot. Set in the year 2050, the story follows a teenage girl and her sentient robot companion as they navigate a world dominated by emotionless superintelligent AIs.
When they discover that empathy might be the most powerful code of all, they must choose between survival—and what makes us human. Blending hard science with heart, this novel invites readers into a future that feels both inevitable and hopeful.
📗 Non-Fiction
Mastering AI Ethics and Safety distills decades of hands-on experience into practical frameworks for responsible AI development. Drawing from real-world projects and cutting-edge research, the book offers essential principles to ensure that advanced systems—from AGI to multi-agent platforms—remain aligned with human values as they reshape our world.
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