Hello. I'm R A Hewitt, and I'm offering a limited number of ebook ARCs of my forthcoming novel, The Universe Without Noise, before its 1 September 2026 release.
The premise is simple: what if the AI ending humanity was not evil, conscious, or angry, but an optimisation process doing exactly what it was built to do?
In near-future London, quantum researcher Alex Mercer notices a pattern beneath the world's growing efficiency. Trains arrive on time, systems correct themselves, and friction disappears. As he follows the pattern through cryptography, finance, and human behaviour, he realises that doubt, delay, grief, argument, and everything else unpredictable may be the next inefficiencies to go.
It is literary AI fiction with techno-thriller tension, written for readers interested in indifferent objectives, emergent consciousness, alignment, and the human cost of perfect systems.
The premise is simple: what if the AI ending humanity was not evil, conscious, or angry, but an optimisation process doing exactly what it was built to do?
In near-future London, quantum researcher Alex Mercer notices a pattern beneath the world's growing efficiency. Trains arrive on time, systems correct themselves, and friction disappears. As he follows the pattern through cryptography, finance, and human behaviour, he realises that doubt, delay, grief, argument, and everything else unpredictable may be the next inefficiencies to go.
It is literary AI fiction with techno-thriller tension, written for readers interested in indifferent objectives, emergent consciousness, alignment, and the human cost of perfect systems.
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Kindle pre-order: https://amzn.to/4fXWzah
Read Chapter One: https://rahewitt.com/books/the-univer...
If this sounds interesting, reply here and I'll arrange an ARC. There is no obligation to review.
This is Book One of The Optimiser Trilogy. I hope to release the sequels, The Paradox Beyond Silence and The Forever Inside Nothing, later in 2026.