Autonomous
General fiction
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
William Mackler is about to go on the road trip of a lifetime. After winning a contest―and nearly dying in the process―he becomes the proud owner of Autonomous, a driverless car that knows where you want to go before you… do. #Worthit! To sweeten the deal he gets to pick three friends to go with him on a cross-country trip―his best friend, Daniel; Daniel’s girlfriend, Melissa; and the girl next door Christina. <p><p> For William, a reckless adrenaline junkie, this is the perfect last hurrah for him and his crew before they go their separate ways after graduation. But Autonomous is more than just a car without a steering wheel. It's capable of downloading all of the passengers’ digital history―from the good, to the bad, to the humiliating. The information is customized into an itinerary that will expose a few well-kept secrets, but it will also force William to face some inner demons of his own. <p><p> This funny, tense, action-packed thriller combines topical social-media-privacy stakes with jaw-dropping high-tech action for a road trip saga like no other.