All That We See Or Seem by Ken Liu [Paperback]

This novel follows Julia Z, a former teenage hacker who became nationally notorious as the "orphan hacker" after committing high-profile cybercrimes at age fourteen. Years later, while living quietly near Boston and trying to escape her past, she is drawn into a dangerous investigation when a lawyer asks her to help locate his kidnapped wife—an innovative artist whose AI-powered technology allows people to experience shared dreams. As Julia pursues the kidnappers across America, she uncovers criminal conspiracies, confronts unresolved trauma from her own past, and grapples with profound questions about creativity, consciousness, technology, and the future of art in an AI-driven world.