In a near-future world where AI chooses what people eat, make, love, and believe, ambitious journalist Jasper Cole is sent to expose Fair Hollow, the last town in America that refuses to use artificial intelligence. Cut off from the AI companion he has relied on for everything, Jasper expects to find frightened Luddites and instead discovers a vibrant community built on handmade work, human judgment, and meaningful imperfection, including Wren Abara, the fiercely protective printer who sees through his polished charm. But when Jasper’s reporting is twisted into a corporate livestream designed to turn Fair Hollow into entertainment, he must risk his career and face the damage caused by his own ambition to help the town reclaim its story before the world consumes the very thing that made it real.
