An Instant New York Times Bestseller“Excellent and deeply reported.” —Tim Wu, The New York Times“Startling and intensely researched . . . an essential account of how OpenAI and ChatGPT came to be and the catastrophic places they will likely take us.” —Vulture“Hao’s reporting inside OpenAI is exceptional, and she’s persuasive in her argument that the public should focus less on A.I.’s putative ‘sentience’ and more on its implications for labor and the environment.” —Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New YorkerFrom a brilliant longtime AI insider with intimate access to the world of Sam Altman's OpenAI from the beginning, an eye-opening account of arguably the most fateful tech arms race in history, reshaping the planet in real time, from the cockpit of the company that is driving the frenzyWhen AI expert and investigative journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she thought they were the good guys. Founded as a nonprofit with safety enshrined as its core mission, the organization was meant, its leader Sam Altman told us, to act as a check against more purely mercantile, and potentially dangerous, forces. What could go wrong?Over time, Hao began to wrestle ever more deeply with that question. Increasingly, she realized that the core truth of this massively disruptive sector is that its vision of success requires an almost unprecedented amount of the “compute” power of high-end chips and the processing capacity to create massive large language models, the sheer volume of data that needs to be amassed at scale, the humans “cleaning up” that data for sweatshop wages throughout the Global South, and a truly alarming spike in the usage of energy and water underlying it all. The truth is that we have entered a new and ominous age of only a small handful of globally scaled companies can even enter the field of play. At the head of the pack with its ChatGPT breakthrough, how would OpenAI resist such temptations?Spoiler it didn’t. Armed with Microsoft’s billions, OpenAI is setting a breakneck pace, chased by a small group of the most valuable companies in human history—toward what end, not even they can define. All this time, Hao has maintained her deep sourcing within the company and the industry, and so she was in intimate contact with the story that shocked the entire tech industry—Altman’s sudden firing and triumphant return. The behind-the-scenes story of what happened, told here in full for the first time, is revelatory of who the people controlling this technology really are. But this isn’t just the story of a single company, however fascinating it is. The g forces pressing down on the people of OpenAI are deforming the judgment of everyone else too—as such forces do. Naked power finds the ideology to cloak itself; no one thinks they’re the bad guy. But in the meantime, as Hao shows through intrepid reporting on the ground around the world, the enormous wheels of extraction grind on. By drawing on the viewpoints of Silicon Valley engineers, Kenyan data laborers, and Chilean water activists, Hao presents the fullest picture of AI and its impact we’ve seen to date, alongside a trenchant analysis of where things are headed. An astonishing eyewitness view from both up in the command capsule of the new economy and down where the real suffering happens, Empire of AI pierces the veil of the industry defining our era.

From celebrated trans activist and author of Mutual Aid Dean Spade comes a practical manifesto for how to live out your radical political values in your intimate relationships Around the globe, people are faced with a spiraling succession of crises, from the pandemic and climate change-induced disasters to the ongoing horrors of mass incarceration, racist policing, endemic gender violence, and severe wealth inequality. Many of us feel mobilized to organize and collectively combat these issues on both a personal and political level, often dedicating our lives to the forwarding of progressive ideas and the daunting goal of trying to bend the world toward justice.   But too often we think of our political values as outward-facing positions again dominant systems of power. Rarely, if ever, do we pursue the same kind of justice close to home, in our relationships to ourselves and to those closest to us. No matter how ardently we want to see the world change, our lives and connections will continue to stagnate unless we liberate ourselves from the cultural scripts that too often dictate our behavior toward others.   How do we become intentional about our levels of connection? How do we separate our expectations of love from the baggage left to us by our parents? How do we divest from the idea that one romantic partner will be the solution to all our problems? This book offers a roadmap for how to bring our best thinking about freedom and justice into step with our desires for healing and connection.   Lifelong activist and educator Dean Spade dares us to decide that our interpersonal actions are not separate from our politics of liberation and resistance. Love in a F*cked-Up World is a resounding call to action and a practical manifesto for how to combat cultural scripts and take our relationships into our own hands, preparing us for the work of changing the world.  

Book 4 in the Clash of the Creatures Series.Coming November 5th, 2026

I want my twin, and thankfully, my husband wants him, too. Arlo: My husband and I have always enjoyed playing with others. Last year on our annual hiking trip, we spent an unforgettable night with two brothers. It was one of the hottest experiences of our lives, and ever since it’s left me wondering what it would be like to explore things with my twin. Ray: When a family tragedy strikes, and I head back to the UK after living abroad, I’m relieved to find the connection with my brother, Arlo, is as strong as ever. After I catch him and his husband talking about what they’d like to do to me, I’m a little stunned, but once I sit with it, I realise maybe I want in on that, too. Ethan: I won the husband jackpot, and I’m fully devoted to Arlo, but there’s just something about his twin. Ray has barreled back into our lives, and with him, he brought new light. The chemistry between the three of us is undeniable, but is it enough to make him stay? *This can be read as a standalone, but for maximum enjoyment and context, it's best read as part of the series.

From the “most talented writer of his generation” (The New York Times), a lightning flash of a novel that is at once a gripping emotional drama and a brilliant examination of the devices, digital and literary, we use to store―or to erase―our memories. The narrator of Ben Lerner’s new novel has traveled to Providence, Rhode Island, where he is to conduct what will be the final published interview with Thomas, his ninety-year-old mentor and the father of his college friend, Max. Thomas is a giant in the arts who seems to hail “from the future and the past simultaneously” and who “reenchants the air” when he speaks. But the narrator drops his smartphone in the hotel sink. He arrives at Thomas’s house with no recording device, a fact he is mysteriously unable to confess. What unfolds from this dreamlike circumstance is both the unforgettable story of the triangle formed by Thomas, Max, and the narrator, and a brilliant meditation on those technologies that enrich or impoverish our connection to one another, that store or obliterate memory. Haunted by Kafka (there are echoes of “The Judgement” and “A Hunger Artist”), but utterly contemporary, Lerner combines trenchant insight with lyric mystery. Ultimately, Transcription demonstrates what only a work of fiction can record.

Heartbroken art student Noel Underwood isn’t looking for anything serious when he hits the local kink club looking for a distraction. But a reckless encounter with Luca Karvelas—an older tattoo artist with nowhere else to go—quickly turns into an arrangement neither of them can walk away from. Fresh off a separation from his wife, Luca has spent his life burying parts of himself he never wanted to face. Getting involved with a man nearly a decade younger is a bad idea; moving in together is even worse. But the fierce, prickly boy he’s made his roommate makes him feel comfortable in his own skin for the first time in years. Noel has demons of his own. Beneath the sharp edges and a wildly self-destructive streak is a desperate and vulnerable need to be loved. With Luca, he feels whole in a way he never has before, and together, their chemistry is impossible to ignore. But when the past comes crashing back into their lives and old patterns resurface, Luca is forced to make a choice—one that could cost him the only person who’s ever really seen him. SUCKER LOVE is a soft D/s, hurt/comfort MM romance centering BPD representation and brimming with angst, drama, and messy desire. IMPORTANT: This is Book 1 in the Sugar Pill Duet. Noel and Luca's story concludes in Book 2, SWALLOW. Please see the Author's Note for content guidance.

Haunting #362: Grimthorne Manor, nr Devizes, Wiltshire History: Built 1347. 21 confirmed deaths, 37 suspected. Current owners bought it sight unseen—big mistake. Wanted: Immediate ghost removal. Renovation crew refuses to work after "flying hammer incident." The ExorSquad Team: Star employee Brad Harrington (works alone, prefers it that way) & new recruit Charlie Hayes (doesn't believe in ghosts—yet). Additional notes: Unusual EMF spikes detected near the music room. Recon team reported "aggressive 90s alternative rock" playing at 3am. Black smudges appearing on bathroom mirrors—appears to be eyeliner. P.S: Avoid the basement at all costs. Charlie I'm broke, I'm desperate, and I've just signed up with ExorSquad—a ghost-busting company that's definitely conning vulnerable people out of their life savings. But hey, minimum wage is minimum wage, even when it means spending multiple nights in a crumbling Georgian manor with my new colleague Brad, a complete tosser. The job's simple: pretend to clear out the ghosts, collect our fee, go home. Easy, right? Except the locals keep crossing themselves when I mention Grimthorne Manor, the renovation crew literally ran away screaming, and I just got locked in the attic with dust motes that stroked my cheek. Still, ghosts aren't real. They can't be. Can they?! Bat Being dead has its learning curve, but I've gotten quite good at it, thank you very much. Grimthorne Manor is mine—well, mine and the other forty-odd spirits who call this place home—and we've perfected the art of scaring away anyone stupid enough to disturb our peace. But then Charlie walks through my door with his fluffy golden hair, coaxing melodies from my forgotten guitar that I thought were lost forever, and suddenly I don't want to terrify him. I want to protect him from the thing lurking in our basement. I want to touch those gentle hands. I want to hear him play again. Problem is, I'm dead. He's alive. However… His insufferable partner Brad is looking very... possessable. The ExorSquad Series is a collection of standalone MM romcoms centred around the unfortunate employees of ExorSquad Ltd, the UK's shadiest ghost-busting operation. Expect supernatural shenanigans, things that go bump in the night, sizzling encounters, and hard-won happy-ever-afters.

Dark MMM Paranormal Romance. Vampire x Human x WerewolfBlurb coming soon... Date is a placeholder for now

He’s the Alpha real estate tycoon everyone wants. I’m just one of the Omegas who work in his club.There’s no reason for Nolan Rockford to notice me, a masked stranger scraping the bottom of the barrel to survive. Left with a debt not my own, and one missed payment away from death, watching the powerful Alpha is the only light in my days. And the only fantasy that helps me through the nights. Then a persistent customer goes too far, landing me in Nolan’s lap, and my world turns upside down. Three nights. One Heat. Enough happiness to last a lifetime. At least, that’s how it’s supposed to go. But Nolan has other ideas. He’s used to getting what he wants, and my body is the next property he intends to own, whether or not I agree. Scroll up to one-click Claimed by the Boss, a contemporary Alpha/Omega romance.First released on Kindle Vella as Claimed by His Boss Episodes 1-21.

Maybe he’s fast enough to catch you. Maybe you want him to. Jeffrey Returning to my hometown, to normalcy, after all I’ve been through feels strange to say the least. Returning to the friends and family that have all moved on with their lives, while I’m still trapped with demons of my past haunting me, is really the worst kind of torment. I’m safe now. Lydia, the woman who stole me when I was just nine years old, is in prison. I’m free. But I don’t feel free. I don’t even know who I am anymore. The child I was is dead and the man I’ve become is lost. Mutt I found him. He smells like soap and oranges…and sorrow and sadness, but he smells like mine all the same. From the first moment I saw him in the parking lot on the side of the highway, with his pretty speckled nose and pouty frown, I knew that fate had gifted me my mate. In the same breath, mixed with the sweet smell of his delectable skin, I also knew that fate had a cruel sense of humor. Because my mate is not a wolf, but a human. And a human cannot save me from the moon mother’s curse. And I may not know much about most things, or what the future holds for us, but I know I would trek miles and scale mountains to put a smile on my grumpy human mate’s face. Hunt Me! Is a standalone paranormal MM romance with high heat, a HEA, and no cliffhangers. It features a relationship between a werewolf-shaped himbo and an ex monster hunter who’s never had a place to belong. These two men could not be more different and yet together they’re carefree, devoted, possessive, and tooth-achingly sweet. If you like spooky stories with mystery, suspense, werewolves that pretend to be dogs, and characters that make you laugh, read on! The spooky boys series invites you to visit a world where things that go bump in the night aren’t just fantasy. These standalone novels feature monsters that are spicy, fun, and sometimes furry.

Dark M/M standalone