Proving Ground (Lincoln Lawyer Book 8) | Michael Connelly

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, the Lincoln Lawyer is back with a case against an AI company whose product may have been responsible for the murder of a young girl.

Mickey Haller has moved from criminal to civil court, but murder remains in his sights-in particular, the case of a chatbot encouraging the killing of a teenage girl. Mickey files a civil lawsuit against the artificial intelligence company responsible for the chatbot and instantly finds himself on the wild frontier of the billion-dollar AI industry. Grappling with a terrifying lack of regulation and data overload, Haller partners with journalist Jack McEvoy.

But they are up against mega-forces, and even the bravest whistleblower faces grave danger. In 1997, IBM's Deep Blue defeated chess master Garry Kasparov with an unexpected gambit. In a Herculean new match of man vs machine, can Haller pull off a winning play for humanity?

Michael Connelly is the author of forty novels, including New York Times bestsellers Nightshade, The Waiting, Resurrection Walk and Desert Star. His books, which include the Harry Bosch series, the Lincoln Lawyer series and the Renee Ballard series, have sold more than eighty-nine million copies worldwide and have been translated into forty-five languages. Connelly is a former newspaper reporter who has won numerous awards for his journalism and his novels. He is the executive producer of three television series: Bosch, Bosch: Legacy and The Lincoln Lawyer. He spends his time in California and Florida.