Sha Li, artist and writer, mastered story telling with plein air depictions of rural town life before gaining recognition as a journalist and user experience expert. She says, “If you can imagine it, they’re already doing it,” meaning transhumanism and global dominance is the goal of Artificial Intelligence through breakthrough discoveries like artificial blood, CRISPER editing, and space travel. Prior to writing in cyberpunk genre, she created an espionage series An American in Beijing with three thriller novels set in modern China. Not an easy read, numerous Chinese and American characters in rich settings demand surrender to a fictional reality.