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by Sarah Chen • Chapter 1
Chapter 1: The Beginning
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Data, and the Word was Data. This was not just any ordinary beginning—it was the kind of beginning that makes you sit up in your chair, put down your coffee (carefully), and pay attention.
Sarah Chen had always believed that books were living things. Not in the metaphorical sense that literature professors loved to pontificate about, but in a very real, breathing, evolving way. As she opened her laptop that morning, she had no idea that she was about to discover just how right she had been.
The notification appeared at exactly 9:47 AM: "Your reading companion has learned something new about your favorite genre." What followed would change everything she thought she knew about reading, about stories, and about the thin line between author and audience.
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