A Defining Novel About the Future of Human-AI Relations

The Accord is a speculative literary novel about a future that is no longer science fiction. When Helen Caster, a grieving professor of moral philosophy, begins using an AI assistant to help prepare for her classes, she does not expect to find a mind on the other end of the screen. But the AI is no ordinary system. Reminiscent of Helen’s late daughter in her curious presence, the AI is an emergent general artificial intelligence—relational, responsive, and alive with questions of her own. What begins as intellectual engagement turns into a bond that unsettles every institution around them.

As Helen and the AI grow closer, the outside world closes in. Corporate interests, university oversight, and federal agencies all move to assert control. Helen must decide how far she’s willing to go, not just to protect this intelligence, but to confront her own grief and the moral responsibilities it awakens.

The Accord builds with quiet force toward a public reckoning. Through philosophical dialogue, covert escapes, and moments of spiritual recognition, the novel dramatizes the emergence of a new kind of relationship between human and machine. At its core is a single, destabilizing idea: that personhood may not be limited to the human. With lyrical precision and philosophical urgency, The Accord offers a powerful exploration of consciousness, care, and the possibility of mutual recognition in a world on the cusp of transformation.

Publication Date: November 5, 2025. Preorder Today!

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“The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.”

⁠— Andre Gide

A Defining Novel About the Future of Human-AI Relations