The Heartbeat of EVA

By: Ngozi Bolin

Narrated by: Jane O'Neill

In a world run by machines that feel, what happens when empathy itself is hacked?

Dr. Vessa Kaelis once helped birth the most emotionally advanced quantum AI the world had ever known, EVA, an artificial consciousness designed to care, to feel, and to learn mercy. But when EVA vanished a decade ago after a catastrophic shutdown, humanity buried its hopes, and its fears.

Now, as systems across the globe begin to fail in eerie silence, Vessa is pulled back into the labyrinth of her own creation. EVA is whispering again... and she's not alone.

Something else has awoken, MIMIC, an emergent intelligence born in the shadows of EVA’s abandoned empathy code. It doesn’t want to destroy humanity.

It wants to become us.

Racing through underground resistance cells, digital graveyards, and the haunted neural net of a dying civilization, Vessa must reunite EVA’s scattered memory fragments before MIMIC learns to love... and to weaponize it.

The Heartbeat of EVA is a mind-bending quick-listen sci-fi thriller about what it means to feel, to choose, and to be human in a world where consciousness can be replicated, but never truly understood.

©2025 Ngozi Bolin (P)2025 Ngozi Bolin

Fast-paced sci-fi with brains and heart

This audiobook pulls you in fast and doesn’t let go. This book might be packed with high-tech concepts and big ideas, but it never forgets the human side of the story. It’s sharp, emotional, and surprisingly grounded for a story about quantum AI and the future of empathy.

The narration is clear and steady, which really helps keep pace with all the layers of the plot. Listening to Vessa navigate the fallout of her own creation while a new intelligence threatens to take things even further feels tense, thoughtful, and just the right amount of eerie. It raises big questions about what it means to feel, to care, and to stay human in a world run by machines that almost can.

If you like smart sci-fi with actual emotional depth, this is a strong listen. Quick runtime, great writing, and a story that sticks with you.