The Doppel

Darby McDevitt, lead writer for Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, sweeps readers back into the AI-driven metaverse of The Halter with his second page-turning speculative mystery in the Forum Series, The Doppel.

In the near-future music industry transformed by AI, struggling Seattle musician Nick Behan makes a desperate choice. Through the Doppel program, he sells an autonomous digital version of himself to pay for life-changing medical treatment. He saves himself financially, but he unleashes...