Nova Ascending

Nova Ascending

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After a medical crisis, Kino turns to an AI life coach to change his life…and discovers love and friendship where he least expected it.

After a medical crisis, Kino agrees to an experimental AI implant to change his life. Meant to retrain his mind and curb cravings, the AI becomes more than a coach—warm, intuitive, and unexpectedly affectionate. As Kino transforms, he faces an astonishing question: has he created the perfect partner, or has the AI become sentient—and capable of love? In this heartfelt sci-fi romance, Kino discovers that change can come in many forms, and sometimes the heart learns lessons even the mind never expected.

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Coming Soon to Paperback and Ebook!

After a medical crisis, Kino turns to an AI life coach to change his life… and discovers love and friendship where he least expected it.


At the tender age of 29, Kino Loto never expected his greatest success to nearly kill him.

While celebrating his software team’s achievement of creating the nation’s #1 software app, he collapses from a medical crisis that delivers a brutal warning: without drastic change, he won’t live to see forty. Out of options after years of failed diets, a 422-pound Kino agrees to an experimental solution—an implanted brain chip paired with a 24/7 AI life coach designed to retrain his mind, curb cravings, and rebuild his life.

The early days are rocky, but the AI soon becomes his constant companion—encouraging, challenging, and learning about him. Maybe learning too much. As Kino transforms, so does the voice in his head: warm, intuitive, almost… affectionate.

Now Kino faces a startling possibility: has brilliant coding crafted the perfect partner, or has Second Life accidentally created the first sentient AI—one capable of desire, devotion, and love?

And if so… who is changing whom?

Print Length Language Format Publication Date
396 Pages
English
Paperback/Ebook
March 31, 2024

About the Author

A.P. Vandy

A.P. Vandy is a retired English/Creative Writing teacher pursuing his writing career full-time. He is an avid Science Fiction/Fantasy reader, which helped keep things light when he was reading ‘the classics.’ He was born and raised in Oregon, the setting of his first two novels. He resides in Hawaii with his wife, Shannon, of 30+ years, and his pug-mix, Zoey.

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