Personal Intimate Companion

Personal Intimate Companion explores the implications for relationships and society when lifelike humanoid robotics are combined with superintelligent AI.In this speculative ficton frame novel, a London literary consultant reviews a manuscript about an American woman's adventurous sex life, causing her to reconsider her own relationship.In the inner story (the manuscript), set in near future San Francisco, a couple resort to realistic robotics to fulfil their fantasy of a threesome. In the outer narrative, the consultant identifies with the inner story and finds herself intrigued by, and attracted to, its author.80k words.