Saturday, 27 December 2025

Book ~ "The Deepest Fake" (2025) Daniel Kalla

From Goodreads ~ Liam Hirsch has it all - a loving family, a thriving career as CEO of an AI company, financial security and a bright future. But when he’s diagnosed with a terminal illness, just weeks after discovering his wife’s infidelity, his perfect life unravels. As he grapples with his fate, he prepares to face his final days on his own terms. 

However unexplained events inside his company make him question everything - including his diagnosis. In a world of deepfake videos, synthetic voices and digital deception, couldn’t these technologies be weaponized against him? What if nothing is as it seems? 

With time running out, Liam turns to Andrea DeWalt, a private investigator contending with her own feelings of betrayal, to help him uncover a conspiracy that threatens his life, his family and their future. In a world where nothing is as it seems and every digital footprint can be manipulated, who can Liam trust?

Liam is a successful AI company CEO who seems to have everything going for him until his life completely unravels. He suspects his wife is cheating on him so hires Andrea, a private investigator, who confirms her infidelity. But he's got other things to deal with as he has been diagnosed with ALS. Rather than have his family suffer as ALS robs him of his faculties, he decides to go the MAID route so he can leave on his own terms. But he wants to leave his family financially stable so he has to fix the strange inconsistencies within his company, push ahead with a breakthrough AI app and find out who is trying to sabotage his reputation and company. He can't do it alone so he asks Andrea to help.

This is the first book I've read by this author and I enjoyed it. I liked the write style and found it moved at a good pace. It's written in third person perspective with a focus on Liam and Andrea. There were so many people who could be messing with Liam so it was hard to figure out if someone really was. AI is moving us so quickly so it was interesting to see the creepy way it could be. As a head's up, there is swearing. I look forward to read other books by this author.

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