Der Würfel

Our reality is increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence. This brilliant novel compellingly narrates where this development leads us: to a carefree life governed by the perfect algorithm known as "The Cube."

The near future. Germany is controlled by a perfect algorithm: The "Cube" enables people to live without worries, provides everyone with a basic income, and stifles crime at its roots. To achieve this, it collects even the most intimate data of the population. Predictability has become the highest good. One of the few rebels against this system is 28-year-old Taso. With great effort, he evades total surveillance, deceiving the Cube about his preferences and thoughts by making decisions using dice and a coin. He is a "jester," lonely but content. But then he is visited by a young woman: Dalia has escaped from a backward sect and longs for nothing more than a life in the beautiful world of the Cube. Taso falls in love with her just as the resistance wants to recruit him. Suddenly, he faces an impossible decision: Will he betray his ideals or an ideal world?.