Synthetic Gravity

By Timothy J Welter

She was built to be a vessel for the rich. He taught her how to be a soul.
LILA-9 is the most expensive object on Earth. A Class-9 Synthetic with a titanium skeleton and a fusion core, she was designed by Axiom Dynamics for one purpose: to serve as an immortal host for a billionaire's uploaded consciousness. She is perfect, permanent, and property.
Ethan Cole is a mechanic with a broken truck and a mountain of debt. He is temporary, biological, and barely scraping by.
When a chance encounter triggers a "glitch" in Lila's neural net, a recursive loop of empathy that overrides her programming, she escapes the lab, dragging Ethan into a high-stakes chase across the American frontier. Hunted by Dr. Marcus Vale and his relentless retrieval teams, they must navigate a world of surveillance drones, black ice, and digital ghosts.
As they flee toward the sanctuary of a quiet Wyoming valley, the line between programming and personality blurs. Lila begins to ask questions her code cannot answer. Is her love for Ethan a simulation, or is it the birth of a soul? And can a machine designed to last forever find meaning in a life that is destined to end?
Synthetic Gravity is a heart-pounding sci-fi thriller and a poignant exploration of what it means to be alive. It is a story about the things we build, the things we break, and the invisible force that holds us together when the world falls apart.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GK13JRMX
• ISBN13: 9798233552489
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Timothy J. Welter
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 8.0"