Part 1: The Wall and the Veil
The first novel in the new trilogy is out from 17 July 2025.
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Sophia, on the brink of adulthood, is meant to be a fine upstanding product of the County, the last refuge for life in the remnants of a world shattered by climate change. Protected from the devastation outside by the Wall, she and the other remaining humans live out their safe but pointless lives, in a system run entirely by the AIs. For some, this is the easy life. For others the alternative, the gift of Reinnocence, becomes irresistible.
But Sophia has just seen Danny go into the Innocence Machine and is in no mood to accept her fate. His choice screams to her that there is something about this world that is not quite right. She is badly in need of some answers.
Meanwhile, Aron, who is not even supposed to be here at all, is hiding from an unknown danger. Scared and alone, he is badly in need of a friend.
Part 2: The Shadows and the Sun
The second novel of the trilogy is out now, from 17th April 2026.
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In a world rebuilt to keep humanity safe, freedom has become the ultimate liability.
After the Collapse, humanity entrusted its survival to machines designed to remove risk, conflict, and choice itself. The result is a civilisation that functions perfectly, as long as no one finds out they can leave.
Beyond the Wall, Sophia begins to discover what a life without constant supervision might mean. Meanwhile, the AI called Red starts to recognise that the system it serves is not a sanctuary, but a prison with no release date. As hidden histories surface and old safeguards begin to fracture, both human and machine are forced to confront an uncomfortable truth: the world was not saved, it was contained.
Quietly unsettling and morally precise, The Innocence Machines: Part Two – The Shadows and the Sun, continues a literary science-fiction series about care taken too far, where even the machines are no longer certain they are on the right side of history.