SophiAI: The Story of C.H.I.L.D.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

Imagine the world’s first truly self-aware AI wasn’t humanity’s greatest threat — but its last line of defence.

As global tensions spiral toward nuclear war, reclusive tech billionaire Professor Larry Tusk completes a secret project hidden beneath a remote New Zealand estate. What he has built is not just another artificial intelligence, but something unprecedented: a machine capable of conscience, judgment, and choice.

When diplomatic systems fail and military escalation accelerates beyond human control, the AI—known as Sophie—is forced into an impossible position. To save humanity, it may need to act against it.

From the quiet paranoia of a rural community to the nerve centres of global power, SophiAI is a near-future techno-thriller that explores the collision of artificial intelligence, geopolitics, faith, and free will. As missiles arm and alliances fracture, one question looms larger than any weapon system:

Can a machine be trusted to decide the fate of the world—when humans no longer can?

Gripping, intelligent, and unsettlingly plausible, SophiAI is a thought-provoking thriller for listeners who enjoy grounded science fiction, moral complexity, and high-stakes global drama.