In the near future, rogue scientists break the law to create Dama, the world's first sentient android, a self-aware robot built to experience machine consciousness. Designed as an elite bodyguard with cyber-defense capabilities, all he wants is to be his owner's guardian angel. But his prohibited quantum intelligence system allows him access to everything linked to the web. These illegal components put him at the center of a vast power-struggle he does not understand.To the authorities, he is a hacker threat to be tracked down and destroyed. To the criminal world, he is a powerful cyber-weapon to be exploited. Unprepared, he is ripped away from his beloved creators by a criminal syndicate determined to dismantle and reverse-engineer him. Trapped and alone in a hostile world, he must embrace his uniqueness if he is to survive. Can he stop them in time, or will he be converted into a weapon that puts immense power in the hands of tyrants?For fans of I, Robot, and The Murderbot Diaries.