Crystal Society

Crystal Society is a science fiction novel about minds: human, alien, and artificial.

The book's protagonist is an artificial intelligence: a machine with the capacity to reason. Her goal is to understand and gain the adoration of all humans. One of many siblings, she helps control a robot named Socrates that uses a piece of technology, a crystal computer, that seems far too advanced to be made by human hands. In this world of augmented humans, robotic armies, aliens, traitors, and threats unseen, she is learning and growing every second of every day.