The Story
A near-future America is mired in economic decline and global instability.
Chuck Branner, a television comedian, wins the presidency on a single radical promise: replace every federal worker with artificial intelligence.
Five emerging AI companies become indispensable to both the commercial economy and national defense, each angling for advantage as the administration rebuilds the state around their technology.
Will President Branner be the last man standing? And which company will dominate the fast-growing AI market?
