All That We See Or Seem

In All That We See or Seem, Ken Liu paints an all too relevant picture of a spy espionage story set in the possible near future

In Julias world, AI, and all the good and bad that comes with it is everywhere. Deep fakes, AI to AI negotiating, all that stuff.

Julia lives off the grid, with no social media accounts to trace, treating data like pollution, the less you put out, the better.

Through a lawyer that helped with a past issue, she is introduced to Piers, who asks for her help to track down his missing wife, who is a prominent figure in performance based shared dreaming.

What follows is a tense look into the potential future of our world, wrapped up in a remarkably well written tale of friendship, grief, loss and how much we give up to our devices for a slightly more productive life.