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Résumé :
Charlie would like to believe one steers one's own fate, but things are getting out of hand. Her engagement is broken, her health is questionable, and she has a wrist cuff full of intrusive medical AIs trying to report on her. Desperate to reverse her fortunes, she buys an apparent dream house, but things are not as they seem. She hears noises: a phone ringing that is not her own, a persistent scratching in the walls, footsteps in the night. And is someone signaling her from the empty stone building on the neighboring hill? Locals soon reveal what she wished she had known before. For starters, she now lives on the most haunted road in town. More disturbing still, an urban legend tells of an AI whose avatar wanders that long street and draws near to those about to die. Is fate real? Is she on a collision course with it? If Charlie is to keep her sanity, she must determine the cause of the phenomena and learn exactly what is at stake-and for whom....

Sommaire:
Charlie would like to believe one steers one's own fate, but things are getting out of hand. Her engagement is broken, her health is questionable, and she has a wrist-cuff full of intrusive medical AIs trying to report on her. Desperate to reverse her fortunes, she buys a dream house that checks all the boxes. But she is barely moved in when she begins hearing noises-a phone ringing that is not her own, a persistent scratching in the walls, footsteps in the night. And is someone signaling her from the empty stone building on the neighboring hill? If Charlie is to keep her sanity and reclaim the house she wants to flee, she must determine the cause of the phenomena and learn exactly what is at stake-and for whom. Tenney's genre-blending novel combines a haunted-house mystery with artificial intelligence SF. ...A delightfully weird and surprising tale of the paranormal.-Kirkus Reviews Rhya Tenney's WINTER is an ... enthralling and introspective blend of supernatural elements and fantasy, with compelling displays of tension, emotion, and chills. The dread in the story culminates into a unique twist that leaves readers wanting more from this magical universe.-IndieReader...