Exquisite... Not since Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep have I felt so strongly about where artificial intelligence might lead us.

Highly recommended.

Christina Dalcher (author of Vox & Q)

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Engaging, fast-moving and surprising ... The novel gives familiar science fiction themes a fresh and compassionate look, and makes of them something new.

​Ken Macleod (Corporation Wars)

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The Actuality is a brilliantly written and well-paced read that quickly grabs hold of you and won’t let go.

pythiareads.net

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Smart, literary science fiction ... those who like to savour every last sentence will find much to enjoy here.

infinitespeculation.com

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Wow, what a book! Brilliant scifi focusing on artificial intelligence and it's a fantastic read! Bravo! (Twitter) ...

The Actuality is a great novel, it's a speculative sci-fi story of Evie's search for a home and a sense of belonging, but it also grapples with some big ideas, and ones which have a real urgency.

James Pierson crimenovelreader

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With an endorsement from Christina Dalcher and rights optioned for TV by BBC Studios, The Actuality certainly has the commercial makings of a hit. What is most striking and buzz-building about this book is how powerful it is in its own right.

thepublishingplanet

 

The Actuality is a stimulating and thrilling read, the technology and science, AI and the nature of sentience, are cleverly and insightfully woven into a story of what it is to be human.

N.B. Magazine

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Braddon has written a fast-paced science fiction thriller with a fully believable plot ... his dystopian future, 100 years on from now, is utterly different to our own and feels both plausible and utterly terrifying at the same time.

Halfman, Halfbook

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