With Advent Blue, Roland Allnach delivers an exciting dystopian thriller that speaks to some of our most pressing concerns, especially those that exist at the nexus of technology and human evolution. This deceptively simple premise—what would happen if all human decision making were mapped out, predicted, and optimized on a massive scale?—is one Allnach answers as we follow protagonist Will Fortner on a path of self-discovery that reveals some dark truths about where we may be headed, both individually and as a species.