{"product_id":"sike-paperback","title":"Sike - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFred Lunzer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA story of boy meets girl meets AI therapist, \u003ci\u003eSike \u003c\/i\u003eexplores our aching pursuit of love and self-control \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAdrian earns his living writing lyrics for rappers he never meets, and finds success with a hit song about his own fruitless search for love. After his last relationship ends in a spiral of angst, Adrian decides it's time to try Sike: the new lauded and elite AI psychotherapy app that tracks your every move and emotion, and guides you toward mental contentment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe soon falls for Maquie, a smart and pragmatic venture capitalist scouring London's tech scene for the next business boom. She can see no potential investments though, nothing sparkles. She wants to find a business as successful as Sike, and yet she is also one of the holdouts who refuse to use it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShifting between Adrian and Maquie's perspectives as it tracks the fraught first year of their relationship, \u003ci\u003eSike\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of two people wrestling with connection, identity, anxiety, success, and the limits of our obsession with self-analysis and awareness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor fans of Kazuo Ishiguro's \u003ci\u003eKlara and the Sun \u003c\/i\u003eand the modern love stories of Sally Rooney, Fred Lunzer's debut novel brings us an incisive and intimate deep dive into the reach for clarity by a curious and ambitious, anxious and irresolute generation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFred Lunzer was born in London in 1988. He moved to Tokyo at age six, and lived there on and off as a child and adult. His work in business and AI strategy crossed fields that include life sciences, music, ethics, and gastronomy, and he completed an MBA in Barcelona in 2019. Throughout, he wrote journalism, short stories, poetry, and novels. He holds British and German citizenship, and lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.94 x 5.79 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48452296376569,"sku":"9781250343147","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/v7_EyRFK5h9781250343147.webp?v=1779947687","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/sike-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}