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ROBERT J. SAWYER
Hugo and Nebula Winner

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Coming May 19, 2026: Rob's 26th novel!

Trade Paperback • ISBN 978-1-998273-56-0 • US: $16.95 • Canada: $22.95

Get The Downloaded 2: Ghosts in the Machine in print, as an ebook, or as an audiobook here.

“Underneath the sci-fi and the technology, this is a story about love and loss and second chances, about people trying to reconnect, no matter how fantastic it may seem across, time and space.” —Academy Award-winner Brendan Fraser

As an asteroid is about to slam into Earth, ex-convict Roscoe Koudoulian along with Captain Letitia Garvey and her starship crew re-upload their consciousnesses into cyberspace. In that digital realm, Roscoe is confronted by someone he left for dead centuries ago, and the astronauts face younger versions of themselves — ghosts in the machine — whose continued existence could destroy the last survivors of the human race.

“Ghosts in the Machine fulfills the promise of the first Downloaded then kicks it up a dozen notches: twists and turns, romance and tragedy, the end of our world and the start of several new ones. I couldn't stop reading!” —James Alan Gardner, author of Commitment Hour

“In the provocative and compelling follow-up to The Downloaded, Robert J. Sawyer tackles meaty questions of identity, embodiment, and technology. Written with wit, empathy, and an incisive analysis of the ethical questions posed by emergent technologies, this page-turner will keep you thinking long after you've closed the book” —Rachel A. Rosen, author of Cascade

“Speculative fiction at its very best, at once ferociously brilliant and heartbreakingly human with moments of absolutely delightful humor — a story of real people across the diverse spectrum of lived experiences navigating life in a strange, sometimes terrifying new world. The sharp plot twists combined with the genuine character relationships made it impossible to stop reading.” —Finnian Burnett, author of Redshirts Sometimes Survive

“The Downloaded 2: Ghosts in the Machine is a really exciting sequel where the characters we know and love from the first book have to make complex, difficult decisions. They all grapple with their identities, their relationships, and what consciousness really means in a digital landscape.” —Vanessa Sears, Dora Award-winning star of “& Juliet”

“An excellent sequel. Only science fiction can pose such fascinating questions, and only Robert J. Sawyer can ask them in such a human — and humane — way.” —James Kerwin, director of Yesterday Was a Lie

Robert J. Sawyer has won both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Science Fiction Novel of the Year. The ABC TV series FlashForward was based on his Aurora Award-winning novel of the same name. A member of the Order of Canada and the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, he lives just outside Toronto.

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