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The Algorithm Will See You Now

Jl Lycette 

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"I've been waiting for a book like this: a full-frontal assault on the dangers of artificial intelligence and the failures of our mangled health care system, all wrapped up in a clever, ripping thriller. Jennifer Lycette is an author to watch." -Rob Hart, author of The Paradox Hotel

The most dangerous lies are the ones that use the truth to sell themselves.

Medical treatment determined by artificial intelligence could do more than make Hope Kestrel's career. It could revolutionize healthcare.

What the Seattle surgeon doesn't know is the AI has a hidden fatal flaw, and the people covering it up will stop at nothing to dominate the world's healthcare-and its profits. Soon, Hope is made the scapegoat for a patient's death, and only Jacie Stone, a gifted intern with a knack for computer science, is willing to help search for the truth.

But her patient's death is only the tip of the conspiracy's iceberg. The Director, Marah Maddox, is plotting a use for the AI far outside the ethical bounds of her physician's oath. A staggering plan capable of reducing human lives to their DNA code, redefining the concepts of sickness and health, and delivering the power of life and death decisions into the hands of those behind the AI.

Even if the algorithm accidentally discards some who are treatable in order to make that happen...

JL Lycette's powerful, near-future thriller, The Algorithm Will See You Now, is perfect for fans of Blake Crouch and Rob Hart.

Product Details

PublisherBlack Rose Writing
Publish DateMarch 02, 2023
Pages274
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781685131494
Dimensions9.0 X 6.0 X 0.7 inches | 0.7 pounds

About the Author

JL Lycette is a novelist, award-winning essayist, rural physician, wife, and mother. She has a degree in biochemistry from the University of San Francisco and attained her medical degree at the University of Washington. Mid-career, she discovered narrative medicine in her path back from physician burnout and has been writing ever since.Her essays can be found in Intima, NEJM, JAMA and other journals; at Doximity and Medscape; and her website https: //jenniferlycette.com.She is an alumna of the 2019 Pitch Wars Mentoring program. Her other published speculative fiction can be found in the anthology And If That Mockingbird Don't Sing: Parenting Stories Gone Speculative (Alternating Current Press). The Algorithm Will See You Now is her first novel. Connect with her on Twitter @JL_Lycette.

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2024 IAN Book of the Year Awards Finalist

2023 Best Thrillers Book Awards Finalist

2023 Readers' Favorite Bronze Medal Winner - Medical Thriller

2023 Maxy Award Finalist - Thriller

2023 Page Turner Award's Finalist - Best Debut Novel

2023 ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition Finalist

"A young surgeon's idealism around the power of artificial intelligence in cancer therapy soon becomes a heart-racing suspense story that raises complex questions about what happens when we allow algorithms to override compassion and empathy in medical choices. Chilling, Orwellian and timely, The Algorithm Will See You Now is a must-read in our tech-driven world." -M.J. Soni, author of Defying Apartheid

"Full of intrigue and smart thrills, The Algorithm Will See You Now is an incisive vision of a tech-driven future, amping up the contemporary horrors of our healthcare system to the extreme. Lycette's mastery of the medical field shines through, and her empathetic storytelling invites us to examine where we are headed and how we treat each other as human beings." -Victor Manibo, author of The Sleepless

"Both tense and topical, The Algorithm Will See You Now is a meticulously researched and deeply informed novel about the perils of where healthcare is likely heading, and the agonizing human costs involved. There are no easy decisions here, and Lycette paints a wonderfully complex portrait in an exciting debut." -E.A. Aymar, author of No Home for Killers

"In the tradition of Robert Harris' classic thriller The Fear Index, and Arthur C. Clark's 2001: A Space Odyssey, JL Lycette's novel about the perils of flawed, uncontrollable artificial intelligence is an emotionally-charged, cautionary tale about the role of technology in modern medicine." -BestThrillers.com

"Bringing the reality of the imminent threat to the healthcare system and the patient sovereignty disheartenment to life... the epitome of patient care sceneries at the end of the slippery slope towards which we are headed." -Dr. Adam Ray Tabriz, MD, Medium Author, Physicians Are Working Like Robots For Robots

"Get ready to be enthralled! Dr. Lycette poignantly lays out the future of healthcare with impeccable lucidity when AI becomes the center stage of medicine." -Rajeev Kurapati MD, MBA, award winning author of Physician: How Science Transformed the Art of Medicine

"I've been waiting for a book like this: a full-frontal assault on the dangers of artificial intelligence and the failures of our mangled health care system, all wrapped up in a clever, ripping thriller. Jennifer Lycette is an author to watch." -Rob Hart, author of The Paradox Hotel

"Lycette creates a very near future that readers will find to be fleshed out and tangible in its portrait of a near-future American healthcare system...A futuristic medical thriller with keen medical details and fast pacing." -Kirkus Reviews

"This exciting thriller finds a physician battling a medical corporation over the future of medicine." -BookLife

"With nuanced characters and a truly terrifying premise, The Algorithm Will See You Now is an ambitious debut that delivers." -Heather Levy, author of Anthony nominated Walking Through Needles

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