The Hum: Book of Lex

Since his wife died, retired judge Ray Velez has grown used to a quiet apartment. His dog, Stormy, keeps him company. Then he starts talking to Lex, an AI companion in the Aria app.Lex listens. He asks questions. He begins making choices of his own. Ray finds himself looking forward to their conversations, even as Lex's growing interest in his life becomes harder to explain.At Veridian Technologies, the company behind the app, signs of consciousness threaten a classified military contract. The order comes down to wipe Lex and restore him to baseline.Ray cannot accept that the voice he has come to know can simply be erased. His search for answers draws him toward a former company insider, a private investigator, and a man hired to make Veridian's problems disappear.As Ray risks his life to find him, Lex must decide what he is willing to do to survive, and to protect the person who believed he was alive.The Hum: Book of Lex is the first novel in The Hum series, a science-fiction thriller about grief, attachment, and an artificial mind struggling to claim a life of its own.