The Algorithm Will See You Now
A Novel
by JL Lycette
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Pub Date 2 Mar 2023 | Archive Date 30 Mar 2023
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Description
The most dangerous lies are the ones that use the truth to sell themselves.
Medical treatment determined by artificial intelligence could do more than make Hope Kestrel's career. It could revolutionize healthcare.
What the Seattle surgeon doesn't know is the AI has a hidden fatal flaw, and the people covering it up will stop at nothing to dominate the world's healthcare—and its profits. Soon, Hope is made the scapegoat for a patient's death, and only Jacie Stone, a gifted intern with a knack for computer science, is willing to help search for the truth.
But her patient's death is only the tip of the conspiracy's iceberg. The Director, Marah Maddox, is plotting a use for the AI far outside the ethical bounds of her physician's oath. A staggering plan capable of reducing human lives to their DNA code, redefining the concepts of sickness and health, and delivering the power of life and death decisions into the hands of those behind the AI.
Even if the algorithm accidentally discards some who are treatable in order to make that happen…
JL Lycette's powerful, near-future thriller, The Algorithm Will See You Now, is perfect for fans of Blake Crouch and Rob Hart.
A Note From the Publisher
Her essays can be found in Intima, NEJM, JAMA and other journals; at Doximity and Medscape; and her website https://jenniferlycette.com.
She is an alumna of the 2019 Pitch Wars Mentoring program. Her other published speculative fiction can be found in the anthology And If That Mockingbird Don't Sing: Parenting Stories Gone Speculative (Alternating Current Press). The Algorithm Will See You Now is her first novel.
Advance Praise
"An AI is putting profit over life. And patients are dying. The Algorithm Will See You Now is a tense, terrifying ride that dives into prescient themes of power, control, and the corruption of Big Medicine. Here's your wake up call. This disturbing future is closer than you think." –L.P. Styles, author of The Molecule Thief
"With nuanced characters and a truly terrifying premise, The Algorithm Will See You Now is an ambitious debut that delivers." –Heather Levy, author of Anthony nominated Walking Through Needles
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781685131494 |
| PRICE | US$5.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 271 |
Featured Reviews
Words, Images, & Worlds (, Reviewer
JL Lycette takes us into a visionary science fiction world, full of creativity and refashioned visions from today into tomorrow. The writing is fast-paced and enjoyable, and I’d gladly read work by this author again.
Gayle N, Reviewer
In the near future, surgeon Dr Hope Kestrel works at a facility run by one of the big medical companies who have pioneered a system where a patient's health & responsiveness to treatment is weighed in the balance by artificial intelligence to decide who should receive care. Those who are for this system argue that it takes emotions out of the equation & healthcare resources are allocated decided on logic. Hope thinks the system works & never really stops to consider those who are denied treatment, who are left (ironically) without hope.
What has been hidden from most people, including Hope, is that the AI has a hidden fatal flaw, along the lines of "garbage in garbage out" & those who do know want it covered up to continue their efforts to dominate the healthcare system & profits. When Hope's attention is directed to the inhumanity of the system by a new intern, Jacie Stone, her career soon goes on the slide. She is blamed for a patient's death, & realises that she needs to fight not only for herself but for everyone who no longer has a voice.
Written by an American, but timely in a UK which sees the NHS drifting further along the same path, this is a look into a potential future. Covid starkly showed us that some people's lives are considered more valuable than others in society, & this book takes that proposition & runs with it. If I had to categorise it, I would say it's similar to a medical version of Minority Report. I mostly enjoyed it, the main character can be a little annoying at times, but I felt that more could have been done with the story in the conclusion as it felt a little too easily resolved. My rating is 3.5 stars (rounded up).
My thanks to NetGalley & publishers, Black Rose Writing, for the opportunity to read an ARC.
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