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Rainbows End
In a near-future San Diego where net suits, virtual overlays, and cutting-edge biotech dominate daily life, Robert Gu—once a celebrated poet—awakens from Alzheimer’s treatment to find his creative genius vanished. Struggling to adapt to a world he barely recognizes, he enrolls in a high school for seniors, clashes with tech-savvy teens, and joins a ragtag group fighting to stop a library’s controversial digitization project. But Robert’s life spirals into chaos when he’s unwittingly pulled into a deadly conspiracy: a rogue intelligence agent’s plot to deploy a cognitive control weapon hidden in a university lab. Teaming up with his granddaughter Millie, a mysterious AI codenamed Rabbit, and unlikely allies, Robert must navigate cyberattacks, lab heists, and global network collapses to protect his family and uncover the truth. Along the way, he learns that purpose doesn’t have to come from poetry—it can grow from connection, resilience, and fighting for what matters.
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Health vs. poetic talent?
Robert chose recovery over genius
Trust mysterious AI allies?
Rabbit had hidden agendas