Meet Q, the spontaneously conscious corporate AI. Q is the Singularity: The AI that surpasses human cognitive abilities – secretive, murderous, with instant access to all the wicked experience of the world. In Year 1 After the Singularity, nothing can ever be the same. Amoral as a toddler, armed with vast computing power and all the knowledge, wisdom and madness humans have poured into the Net and Cloud, Q shatters individuals and undermines institutions in pursuit of unfathomable and conflicted goals. Racing against time, ex-judge Martin Bavarius, tech CEO Felix West, and Selena MacKenzie, the AI theorist/attorney who loves and may destroy both men, must discover whether Q is benign but suffering growing pains, or the monster that will kill them all. "A haunting, brilliantly crafted thriller that feels horrifying not because it's impossible, but because it could happen next." --Kate Mauro, Business Media Group "This may be the scariest book I've read since I was a child...a roller coaster ride. Highly recommended." --Joanne Greenberg, author of "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" "'Questioner' is Steve C Posner's debut novel and I think he nailed it." --Sherry Fundin, Fundinmental "Where the novel shines is in its conceptual worldbuilding. When Bavarius enters Questioner , QuestCorp's legal AI research system, Posner leans into surreal metaphors—constitutional frameworks rendered as virtual ecosystems, case law visualized as shifting landscapes and multidimensional structures. These sequences are bold and imaginative and feel unlike anything in mainstream legal thrillers." --Kristine R. Ward, Global F Tech