Failsafe (The Failsafe Series Book 1) by Mich Solo

Every lucky break has a reason. Nathan Carter just hasn't been asking what it is.A government analyst with a steady career and a family he loves, Nathan has never had cause to look too closely at his own good fortune.

Then an AI glitch and a stranger crack the surface — and what's underneath is unsettling and impossible to unsee.Nathan can accept the life he's been given and never ask another question.

Or he can refuse to stop asking.A near-future literary thriller about free will, identity, and the cost of knowing who you really are.For readers of Kazuo Ishiguro, Ted Chiang, and Blake Crouch.