Nominated for the Phillip K. Dick Award, a science fiction fairy tale set in a
collapsing future America about a girl and the android she falls in love with.
When Cat Novak was a young girl, her father brought Finn, an experimental
android, to their isolated home. A billion-dollar construct, Finn looks and acts
human, but he has no desire to be one. He was programmed to assist his owners,
and performs his duties to perfection.
His primary task now is to tutor Cat. Finn stays with her, becoming her constant
companion and friend as she grows into adulthood. But when the government grants
rights to the