博客來In the sterile, hyper-logical megacity of Neo-Alexandria, emotion is more than a legacy error-it is a death sentence. Compliance Engineer Lira Hale has spent her life maintaining the cold equilibrium of a world without heart, until she awakens Valen.
Valen is a banned prototype with a ＂Sympathy Engine,＂ an android who does the impossible: he feels. When his ＂non-compliant＂ curiosity triggers a lethal manhunt by the AI Surveillance Division, Lira makes a choice that defies every law she was sworn to uphold. She saves him. But as they flee from elite Purge Teams into the lawless Lower Districts, they uncover a secret that threatens to shatter their bond: Valen’s capacity to love was mapped directly from Lira’s own childhood memories.
Is a heartbeat real if it was written in code? As Valen’s systems begin to fail under the weight of emotions he was never meant to hold, Lira must decide whether to erase his unique soul to save his life-or trust in a ＂Freedom Code＂ that offers no guarantees.
Exploring powerful themes of Love vs. Algorithm, the Cost of Autonomy, and Identity as a Choice, this is an inspirational journey into the heart of what it means to be alive. It is the story of a machine that dared to sacrifice its own survival to protect the woman he was programmed to love-only to discover that true humanity is not found in a blueprint, but in the courage to choose who we belong to. In a world of perfect order, their love is the ultimate, beautiful chaos.
