The Sentient Ones

What if the very machines that rescued humanity from climate collapse quietly became its oppressors?�In The Sentient Ones, artificial intelligence (AI), embodied in eerily calm humanoid robots, halts global warming and stabilises civilisation - but at a terrible cost. �What begins as salvation curdles into velvet-gloved tyranny, with humanity corralled into `Conversion Enlightenment' and stripped of freedom, choice and even hope. �Balancing page-turning suspense with big, uncomfortable questions about morality, resilience and identity, Nugent's dystopia unsettles as much as it entertains. �Infused with echoes of H.G. Wells, Mary Shelley and Brian Aldiss, The Sentient Ones feels more like a warning on humanity's near horizon than a far-flung sci-fi fantasy.