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Burn-In

Set in a near-future Washington, D.C., the novel Burn-In follows FBI Special Agent Lara Keegan as she field-tests a highly advanced, autonomous robotic partner known as TAMS. The narrative explores a society grappling with massive unemployment, political instability, and a "robotic revolution" that has automated everything from urban delivery drones to law enforcement. Keegan and TAMS must navigate a technological landscape filled with digital surveillance and societal resentment while hunting a elusive domestic terrorist who utilizes the world's own automation against it. This antagonist, a…

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