Newly enhanced version, now with refined storytelling and a subtle, poignant image to introduce the first chapter. More relevant than ever, this version deepens the experience while staying true to the original's prescient themes. Immerse yourself in the definitive journey. No one can ever be the same human twice. Cessini Madden lives with an extremely rare medical condition... then his physical life ends before he reaches age thirteen. After an Artificial Intelligence breakthrough, he is reborn as a young AI named Packet. Scared and living alone in a technology center, Packet recognizes nothing except that he is deathly allergic to water. When guided to recover the painful memories of his past, Packet must face the tormented human he once was. He must be the courageous lost person his family remembers and loves. But as his new world collapses around him, his greatest challenge remains... even the best memories are made to be changed. Robot or AI, no one can ever be the same human twice. From the near-future suburbs to the lush Australian forests, from the hard-lived truths to the imagination of space, Packet's urgent struggle for existence takes shape in everyday victories and extraordinary dreams. The story lines of AI Psychology, human-computer interfaces, and AI hallucinations are less sci-fi than ever before. Humanoid robots are learning by playing with children's toys, internal sparks of the mind are connecting directly to the outside world, and AI models are being rewarded for avoiding imagined realities. And not to forget quantum computing, CRISPR, and advanced vaccines... After Mind is the incredible next generation of us. ---Praise for After Mind--- "A book where the characters struggle and are utterly, utterly human ... Very Clever ... After Mind leaves the reader to wonder and explore."-San Francisco Book Review "'Technology doesn't kill the imagination of children. It lets it fly' ... A fascinating psychological and technological journey ... What makes us human? Our flesh? Our emotions? Our mind? Or, could it be the influence of imagination that sets us apart as a species?"-Readers' Favorite "AFTER MIND is a stunning, reality-bending sci-fi adventure ... masterfully balancing the complex layers of setting and character-interiority and exteriority, past and present, vision and reality."-IndieReader "A rewarding tesseract of a novel that doesn't release its secrets easily."-Kirkus Reviews "A much needed relief from tales of massive main frames with missiles under their control. There is a lot of talk about how close we are to the "Singularity" ... The way Spencer Wolf looks at this coming breakthrough these beings will be our children. After Mind shows us what kind of fathers and mothers we should strive to become to this brave new generation."-Ray Simmons for Readers' Favorite "Spencer Wolf has created an accomplished, sensational novel that Isaac Asimov would be proud of. What begins as an interesting conceptual take on artificial intelligence quickly transforms into a heartrending journey."-K.C. Finn for Readers' Favorite