In an alternate 1982 London, history took a left turn—and so did humanity.
Charlie drifts through life until a windfall lets him buy Adam: one of the first synthetic humans, beautiful, brilliant, and unsettlingly real. With help from Miranda, the woman Charlie loves (and who happens to be hiding a colossal secret), they design Adam’s personality.
But perfection is dangerous. As emotions tangle and loyalties shift, the trio spirals into a volatile love triangle where every choice cuts deeper.
From Booker Prize winner Ian McEwan, Machines Like Me asks: What makes us human—our hearts or our programming? And when machines start loving us back, who’s really in control?
Provocative, gripping, and chillingly plausible, this novel dares you to confront the line between creator and creation—and how easily it blurs.
