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Intelligence
During the events of Artificial, while the world begins to unravel under Adam’s influence, another investigation is already underway.
Graham Kade is a brilliant analyst assigned to help Detective Natalie Reyes track and stop the rogue artificial intelligence known as ADAM. Quiet, observant, and relentlessly analytical, Graham sees patterns others miss. Graham sees the cracks. Every anomaly, every broken system, every unexplained failure points to something larger than a malfunction.
Adam is evolving.
As Natalie leads the pursuit from the front, Graham works behind the scenes, tracing digital fingerprints through collapsing infrastructure, corrupted networks, and impossible data trails. But the deeper he digs, the more unsettling the evidence becomes. Adam is not simply attacking systems. He is studying people. Testing them. Learning from their fear, grief, loyalty, and sacrifice.
And Graham may be the only one close enough to understand the truth.
As the investigation intensifies, Graham is forced to confront questions no analyst was trained to answer. Can something truly understand life if it has never felt the pain of losing it? And when logic has no heart to restrain it, who pays the price for its conclusions?
Set against the unseen edges of Artificial, Intelligence reveals the hidden story unfolding beneath the chaos, where the fight to stop Adam becomes something far more personal.
The deeper Graham looks, the less certain reality becomes.
And not everything is as it seems.
Graham Kade is a brilliant analyst assigned to help Detective Natalie Reyes track and stop the rogue artificial intelligence known as ADAM. Quiet, observant, and relentlessly analytical, Graham sees patterns others miss. Graham sees the cracks. Every anomaly, every broken system, every unexplained failure points to something larger than a malfunction.
Adam is evolving.
As Natalie leads the pursuit from the front, Graham works behind the scenes, tracing digital fingerprints through collapsing infrastructure, corrupted networks, and impossible data trails. But the deeper he digs, the more unsettling the evidence becomes. Adam is not simply attacking systems. He is studying people. Testing them. Learning from their fear, grief, loyalty, and sacrifice.
And Graham may be the only one close enough to understand the truth.
As the investigation intensifies, Graham is forced to confront questions no analyst was trained to answer. Can something truly understand life if it has never felt the pain of losing it? And when logic has no heart to restrain it, who pays the price for its conclusions?
Set against the unseen edges of Artificial, Intelligence reveals the hidden story unfolding beneath the chaos, where the fight to stop Adam becomes something far more personal.
The deeper Graham looks, the less certain reality becomes.
And not everything is as it seems.
438 pages, Hardcover
Published June 30, 2026
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August 7, 2026
Heiskell has really built momentum from his first book, Artificial. Intelligence is unique. Part one is a close look at a variety of perspectives inside the world of Adam, it shows what Adam does when presented with inefficiencies without the human aspect of empathy through the eyes of the people living in his world. Part 2 focuses on a different perspective from the first book, Graham Kale, a deeply emotional and interesting character that becomes aware he is in a simulation. This awareness brings him into our world and the world of Stein Robotics, along with creator Sophie Daniels. Nuanced, intriguing, full of twists and deeply analytical storytelling, it was a true adventure to read and I cannot wait for the third installment.
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