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Their tech was never meant for her Medieval mind.
Eliza Waite is a difficult daughter. She has her father’s intellect, her mother’s piety, and a desire for something more than marriage. When she is banished on accusations of witchcraft, Eliza chooses a quick death over starvation. Instead of the afterlife, she awakens to the revelation that the suffering of her village is intentional and designed to create… her.
Eliza is one of several girls bred to be an emotional input unit for a VR simulation. Their ancestors lived, suffered, and died in historically accurate conditions to entertain off-world colonists. When another girl from Eliza’s community arrives, their combined wrath is a form of justice, even if only one of them survives.
INPUT GIRLS mixes witchcraft and big tech doing bad things. It is a dual-timeline novel which alternates between a Medieval village and Bellumfort Institute, the campus of near-future technology company.
… want to read woman-forward sci-fi
… seek novels with a rising dread
… are fascinated by Medieval society
… enjoy dual-timeline novels.
… are looking for a cozy read
… want a happy story
… want “harder” sci-fi
Witchcraft
Big Tech Doing Bad Things
Sisterly Love
Woman Software Engineer
Virtual Reality Simulations
Medieval Village
Software Company Campus
Eliza Waite is the seventeen-year-old daughter of the Sheriff of Elicot, a Medieval village. She is charged with witchcraft and banished. She believes she is going to die, but instead finds herself as an emotional input unit at the Bellumfort Institute for Historical Reclamation.
Martha Tannenbaum is the lead software engineer on the Bellumfort VR program. She is responsible for integrating Eliza’s emotional input into the system. When a saint, who happens to be a dog, begins appearing across epochs, Martha realizes something is very wrong.
Sarah Sixsmith is the wife of the director of Bellumfort. As the only other woman from the middle ages, she helps Eliza acclimate to her new role.
Aulisyn is a mystery.
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