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<b>"Taut and elegant, carefully introspected and thoughtfully explored."—<i>The New York Times</i><br><br>From Hugo award-winning author Sarah Pinsker comes a novel about one family and the technology that divides them.<br></b><br> <b><i>Everybody's getting one.</i> </b> <br><br> Val and Julie just want what’s best for their kids, David and Sophie. So when teenage son David comes home one day asking for a Pilot, a new brain implant to help with school, they reluctantly agree. This is the future, after all. <br><br> Soon, Julie feels mounting pressure at work to get a Pilot to keep pace with her colleagues, leaving Val and Sophie part of the shrinking minority of people without the device.  <br><br> Before long, the implications are clear, for the family and society: get a Pilot or get left behind. With government subsidies and no downside, why would anyone refuse? And how do you stop a technology once it's everywhere? Those are the questions Sophie and her anti-Pilot movement rise up to answer, even if it puts them up against the Pilot's powerful manufacturer and pits Sophie against the people she loves most.