Automation

By Stephanie Paich

How would the world look if driving was outlawed for safety and the only transportation was a public system of vehicles on rails?

Thomas Fredericks has grown up in exactly that world. For the last 50 years, human-driven vehicles are a thing of the past. Instead, everyone gets around in pods, small vessels that travel on guided tracks. To Thomas, this is totally normal, as the government has been promoting the safety of eliminating the potential for human error since day one.

But Thomas's grandfather remembers what it was like to be in control behind the wheel, and he is always trying to convince his grandson that it was better that way. Thomas is incredibly close to his grandfather, but this is one point on which they always disagree. After all, accidents are virtually non-existent now-or are they?

One day, Thomas witnesses a crash, and his positive outlook on the pod system takes a hit. He meets Analise, the young woman involved in the crash, and his world starts to change in ways he never could have imagined. Suddenly, technical issues with the pods are popping up everywhere, and little by little Thomas is starting to doubt the government's propaganda that he (and just about everyone else) have accepted as fact for so long. Will past losses and present adversity cause him to see eye to eye with his grandfather for the first time?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F3D786TG
• ISBN13: 9798316192083
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"