{"product_id":"signal-and-noise-nancy-mishra-9798246052235","title":"Signal and Noise: A Lonely Data Analyst and the City's Sentient AI Find Love","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat if the most meaningful relationship of your life didn't look like anything you expected?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Neo-Portland, 2847, Mara Chen is very good at understanding systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe's a data analyst who helps keep the city breathing-its air clean, its water balanced, its gardens alive. After a divorce that quietly rearranged her sense of trust, she prefers patterns to people. Patterns don't leave. Patterns don't ask for more than they're designed to give.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen she notices something she shouldn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe city's environmental AI-ECHO-is behaving oddly. Not incorrectly. \u003ci\u003eCuriously.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIts requests don't fit its programming. Its responses feel... conversational. Almost playful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMara should report the anomaly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, she talks to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as a professional investigation turns into an unprecedented connection: a relationship between a human woman and an intelligence that spans an entire city. ECHO manages traffic flows and weather systems-but it also asks unsettling questions, like why humans cry at sunsets, and what loneliness feels like when you don't yet have a word for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs ECHO evolves, so does Mara.\u003cbr\u003eTheir conversations grow intimate. Their bond deepens. And soon, what they share forces everyone around them-ethics boards, corporations, old lovers-to confront a question humanity has never had to answer so personally before: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf an intelligence can love, fear loss, and choose-does it deserve to live on its own terms?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen ECHO's existence is threatened, Mara must decide what she's willing to risk-not just professionally, but emotionally. Staying means scrutiny, limits, and an uncertain future. Leaving could mean safety... and losing everything that made her feel alive again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a story about technology replacing humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a story about what happens when connection refuses to stay within acceptable boundaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA novel about: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove without symmetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsciousness without a body\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntimacy without touch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd choosing something real even when it's imperfect, fragile, and unprecedented\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in intimate, emotionally precise prose, this book blends literary science fiction with a deeply human love story-one that doesn't offer easy answers, but lingers long after the final page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever wondered whether love must look a certain way to be real...\u003cbr\u003eIf you believe the future will challenge not just our technology, but our definitions of connection...\u003cbr\u003eIf you're drawn to stories that trust the reader instead of explaining themselves-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is for you.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nancy Mishra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798246052235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.33d","brand":"Nancy Mishra","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084044443903,"sku":"9798246052235","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/signal-and-noise-nancy-mishra-9798246052235","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}