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The Empathy Engine
by Dr. Elara Vaughn
Science FictionWhat if you could feel the world through someone else's heart? Dr. Sarah Chen never meant to change humanity. The burned-out neuroscientist was simply trying to help her autistic son communicate better when she stumbled upon the discovery of a lifetime. Her experimental brain-computer interface wasn't just translating thoughts into text - it was transmitting emotions, allowing users to experience the world through another person's neurological patterns. When her initial test group of neurodiverse children showed unprecedented breakthroughs in connection and understanding, Sarah realized she had created something extraordinary: the first technology that could literally teach empathy. But the true power of her invention reveals itself when Sarah begins testing on adults. A bigoted executive experiences discrimination through his Black colleague's lived reality. A climate skeptic feels the devastating weight of rising oceans through an environmental scientist's emotional truth. Politicians who've spent careers in partisan warfare suddenly craft policies with genuine compassion. The device doesn't manipulate thoughts or erase memories - it simply lets people walk in another's shoes with complete emotional authenticity. And it's transforming everyone who tries it. As word of the breakthrough spreads beyond Stanford's Institute for Applied Compassion, Sarah finds herself at the center of a global firestorm. Tech giants offer billions to weaponize her technology. Pharmaceutical companies move to suppress a device that could eliminate their depression drug empire. Government agencies circle like sharks, imagining military applications. But Sarah's greatest challenge comes from an unexpected source: users who become addicted to empathy itself, unable to function without constant emotional connection to others, raising profound questions about the balance between individual identity and collective consciousness. With an international team including a reformed corporate lawyer who found redemption through the device, a visionary South Korean game designer creating empathy-based virtual reality, and a Kenyan social worker developing community healing applications, Sarah must navigate impossible choices. Should technology that could end war and inequality be controlled by corporations? Can humanity handle a tool that fundamentally changes what it means to be human? And what happens when the line between self and other becomes blurred beyond recognition? The stakes escalate as world leaders convene for an unprecedented decision: embrace a technology that could solve humanity's greatest conflicts but might irrevocably alter human nature itself. Sarah must choose between protecting her invention and unleashing its potential, between profits and humanity's collective flourishing, between the world as it is and the world as it could be. Set in 2035, The Empathy Engine is a hopepunk vision of technology's power to heal rather than divide. It's a story of transformation, ethics, and the revolutionary idea that true change begins when we genuinely understand each other. At its heart, it asks a question that resonates more urgently than ever: What if empathy isn't a weakness, but humanity's greatest strength? For fans of thoughtful near-future science fiction that combines cutting-edge neuroscience with deep emotional resonance, The Empathy Engine offers both a gripping narrative and a profound meditation on connection, identity, and the future we're creating together. It's a book about technology that's ultimately about humanity - messy, flawed, and capable of extraordinary transformation when we dare to see through each other's eyes.
The Last Obituary
by Calista Dorne
Cozy MysterySome secrets are worth killing for. Others are worth dying for. For ten years, Lorraine "Rainy" Blackwood has been the voice of the deceased in Maple Heights, Connecticut. As the town's obituary writer, she transforms final stories into elegant tributes, conducting detailed interviews with families to capture the essence of lives well-lived. But in one chilling October week in 1988, three elderly residents die within days of each other. Natural causes, says the doctor. Heart attacks in elderly men, says the coroner. Nothing unusual, says the police chief. Except for their final words. Harold Finch whispered, "Finally paid my debt from '52." Margaret Chen confessed, "The truth about '52 dies with me." Joseph Kowalski begged, "Forgive me for what we did in '52." All three were Korean War veterans. All served in the same supply unit. And all carried secrets that haunted them for 36 years. Rainy's journalistic instincts ignite. Using her unique position as the town's obituary writer, she launches an innocent-sounding "Living History Project"—conducting pre-obituary interviews with surviving veterans to "preserve their stories while they're still alive." It's the perfect cover for investigation. What she uncovers chills her to the bone: a conspiracy involving stolen gold meant for Korean refugees, a Korean translator framed and executed for theft, and three men who built their American dreams on blood money and lies. But the darkest secret of all? The killer is still at work. Susan Mills, the beloved town librarian who's been helping Rainy research, holds the final piece of the puzzle. She's the daughter of the framed translator, and she's spent 36 years methodically planning her revenge. Three men are dead. One remains: the mayor, who orchestrated the entire conspiracy. And Founder's Day celebration is tomorrow. As the truth emerges, Rainy faces an impossible moral dilemma. Call the police and let the justice system fail again? Or step aside and let a daughter's 36-year quest for vengeance reach its conclusion? In this gripping cozy mystery with an edge, justice and law aren't always the same thing. Perfect for readers who love complex moral questions wrapped in page-turning suspense. FANS OF THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB WILL DEVOUR THIS STORY If you love amateur sleuths with unique perspectives, small-town mysteries hiding dark secrets, and endings that make you question everything you believe about justice, this is your next favorite book. THE LAST OBITUARY marks the beginning of the Obituary Detective Mysteries series, introducing Rainy Blackwood—an unforgettable protagonist who interviews the dead to solve mysteries no one else sees. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING: "A brilliant twist on the cozy mystery genre. Rainy Blackwood is my new favorite detective." "I couldn't put it down. The moral complexity elevates this beyond typical cozies." "Murder, She Wrote meets moral philosophy. Absolutely gripping." Perfect for fans of: The Thursday Murder Club, Louise Penny's Three Pines series, Murder She Wrote, Agatha Raisin mysteries, and classic amateur sleuth fiction with modern sensibilities. SCROLL UP AND START READING TODAY. Your next mystery obsession awaits. A standalone novella with series potential—read them in any order, though this prequel introduces Rainy's origin story.
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