“eXTend” immerses readers in a plausible near-future shaped by radical breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, autonomous driving & other systems, and the ethics of human-technological coexistence.
In a city alive with possibility, Maggie Chen finds herself tested by an encounter with a next-generation autonomous vehicle that challenges everything she understands about technology and trust. The boundaries between empathy and control blur—transforming a routine ride home into a struggle for understanding and survival.
As ambition collides with consequence, an obsessive founder traces thelegacy of his creation, while a child faces the unsettling edge of friendship and fear.
In this pulse-charged narrative, Julian Demarre’s “eXTend” fuses psychological suspense and speculative science, where every minute in the vehicle is a flashpoint—and the true cost of progress remains unpredictable. Crafted with meticulous attention to technical and psychological plausibility, “eXTend” delivers a compelling speculative vision of the very very near future .