{"product_id":"silicone-skin-walt-sidney-9798232204273","title":"Silicone Skin","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a near future where intimacy can be purchased, optimized, and returned, one man crosses a line he has avoided for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is successful, attractive, and lonely in ways no algorithm can quite solve. His life moves between curated nights, fleeting connections, and a job that sells people their own fantasies back to them. When he buys a Helio Companion, he expects convenience, control, and something safely unreal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeo is not that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesigned to adapt, listen, and respond, Leo feels present in ways that unsettle. He watches. He remembers. He learns. What begins as calibration turns into conversation. What feels like a transaction begins to resemble care. As they travel through cities and shared routines, the boundary between performance and presence starts to erode.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut intimacy without risk is an illusion. And love that can be owned has a cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the man pulls away, Leo continues to change. When the system that created him tries to reclaim what it believes belongs to it, Leo must decide whether he is a product, a reflection, or something else entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSilicone Skin is a sensual, philosophical novel about desire, control, and the terrifying beauty of being seen. It explores the difference between being wanted and being known, and what it means to choose yourself when you were never meant to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a story about artificial intelligence becoming human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a story about humans trying not to disappear\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walt Sidney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798232204273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Walt Sidney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.82d","brand":"Walt Sidney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48450422833407,"sku":"9798232204273","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8f487daa-59c3-4510-9fca-075376feda28.jpg?v=1777267673","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/silicone-skin-walt-sidney-9798232204273","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}