Fool's Errands

Fool’s Errands is a tale of false prophets, of chasing glory and seeking answers that might have been lost in the glare of our reflective screens or in the self-actuated radiance of the stars to whom we offer our divided attention. Deadly accidents and heightened experiences become shared catalysts in other people’s lives. A technology CEO moving at warp speed who governs her world one taut puppet string at a time, in contrast with a runaway who can’t evade what lies ahead. Two friends, a future television personality who can hardly manage a conversation with himself, and his enigmatic foil, stumble headlong into mysteries. All of it intersects in the journalism of an ever curious altruist whose pursuit for the truth leads her to become embattled with the most fundamental question of them all. These flawed protagonists are pitted against equally corrupted outputs of the human condition, subject to the unemotional nuances of technology. Individualized algorithms, self-driving machinery, surveillance systems, generative AI, and ride-sharing all crash together in a crescendo of confusion that challenges a reader’s understanding of the role we play in today’s world.