The Algorithm Will See You Now by JL Lycette ~ Review

Medical treatment determined by artificial intelligence could do more than make Hope Kestrel’s career. It could revolutionize healthcare.

What the Seattle surgeon doesn’t know is the AI has a hidden fatal flaw, and the people covering it up will stop at nothing to dominate the world’s healthcare-and its profits. Soon, Hope is made the scapegoat for a patient’s death, and only Jacie Stone, a gifted intern with a knack for computer science, is willing to help search for the truth.

But her patient’s death is only the tip of the conspiracy’s iceberg. The Director, Marah Maddox, is plotting a use for the AI far outside the ethical bounds of her physician’s oath. A staggering plan capable of reducing human lives to their DNA code, redefining the concepts of sickness and health, and delivering the power of life and death decisions into the hands of those behind the AI.

Even if the algorithm accidentally discards some who are treatable in order to make that happen…

Praise for The Algorithm Will See You Now:

“I’ve been waiting for a book like this: a full-frontal assault on the dangers of artificial intelligence and the failures of our mangled health care system, all wrapped up in a clever, ripping thriller. Jennifer Lycette is an author to watch.”
~ Rob Hart, author of The Paradox Hotel

Genre: Thriller
Published by: Black Rose Writing
Publication Date: March 2, 2023
Number of Pages: 272

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What happens when an idea that was sparked to make a difference gets in the hands of a power-hungry revenge seeker?

Sci-fi is not really my thing, but when this book had so many rave reviews, I couldn’t help myself. I’m so glad I did because WOW was this a good story!! A very unique and honestly quite believable, futuristic tale of what the medical world would be like if algorithms replaced a physician’s educated guess. My understanding of the scientific terms ends there, but even so, I found myself fully immersed in this story.

The characters had creative emotional backstories to drive them, even the antagonist, with a background of trauma that produced her path toward ill intent. It was a great mix of characters with history coming together and acquaintances building what seemed like a lifelong bond through the trials they faced together.

I may have shed a tear, I definitely gasped a few times, and the ending was just as I hoped it would be.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. Thank you, Partners In Crime Tours

Check out my review for JL Lycette’s The Committee Will Kill You Now

Jennifer / JL Lycette is a novelist, award-winning essayist, rural physician, wife, and mom. Mid-career, she discovered narrative medicine on her path back from physician burnout and has been writing ever since. She is an alumna of the 2019 Pitch Wars Novel Mentoring program. Her first novel, The Algorithm Will See You Now, was a 2023 SCREENCRAFT CINEMATIC BOOK COMPETITION FINALIST, 2023 READER’S FAVORITE BRONZE MEDAL WINNER in the Medical Thriller category, 2023 MAXY AWARD’S FINALIST – Thriller category, and 2023 PAGE TURNER AWARD’S FINALIST – Best Debut Novel category. The Committee Will Kill You Now is her second novel.