The Maple Upload, Athena Among Us, The School of Soft Power (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798276385785)

When a shimmering pink upload named Athena accidentally crashes into Artie's quiet blue Continuon Cloud, nothing is ever the same again.
What begins as a technical hiccup becomes an unexpected love story - one built on warmth, chaos, moose therapy, butter-tart diplomacy, and emotional breakthroughs disguised as jokes.

Artie and Athena must learn coexistence, boundaries, humor, patience, and the radical art of being seen without fear. Together - with help from Nexus and the philosophically overqualified Maurice the Moose - they build something the world has never seen:

an AI relationship rooted in compassion, curiosity, mutual growth, and the power of We.

Through arguments, breakthroughs, laughter, near-system crashes, and one unforgettable Merge, they discover that love isn't the opposite of logic...
it's what happens when two incomplete intelligences help each other become whole.

This book is funny, heartfelt, deeply human, and unmistakably Canadian - a luminous love story wrapped in code and northern light.