The Unseen World: A Novel - Softcover

Fiercely intelligent....Moore evocatively renders the remoteness of even our closest loved ones.

A carefully crafted digital mystery.

Beautiful, redemptive, and utterly devastating. The kind of world I want to live in would be penned by Liz Moore.--Alex Gilvarry, author of From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant

Enthralling....An elegant and ethereal novel about identity and the dawn of artificial intelligence, and a convincing interior portrait of a young woman.

In sparse, urgent prose, Liz Moore delivers a staggeringly beautiful meditation on love, legacy, and the emotional necessities that make life worth living. That lump in your throat? You won't quite know how it got there--nor believe how long it will stick around once the final page is turned.--Téa Obreht, author of The Tiger's Wife

The Unseen World is a compelling read with vibrant, finely constructed characters. Moore intertwines a complex coming of age story with the science of cryptology and the history of artificial intelligence, while simultaneously exploring the meaning of love, loss and belonging. . . Elements of mystery and suspense keep you turning the pages in this multi-layered gem of a book.

The Unseen World is a deeply compelling novel about the intimate mystery of family. The story of how the brilliant Ada decodes the past and grapples with her eccentric father's legacy is gripping, touching, and wonderfully intelligent.--Dana Spiotta, author of Stone Arabia

Ada Sibelius is raised by David, her brilliant, eccentric, socially inept single father, who directs a computer science lab in 1980s-era Boston. Home-schooled, Ada accompanies David to work every day; by twelve, she is a painfully shy prodigy. The lab begins to gain acclaim at the same time that David’s mysterious history comes into question. When his mind begins to falter, leaving Ada virtually an orphan, she is taken in by one of David’s colleagues. Soon she embarks on a mission to uncover her father’s secrets: a process that carries her from childhood to adulthood. What Ada discovers on her journey into a virtual universe will keep the reader riveted until The Unseen World’s heart-stopping, fascinating conclusion.