The Unspoken: a Story of Love, Secrets, and Technology

Some memories are meant to be kept. Others refuse to stay silent.When Claire Reynolds enters her late father’s memory archive, she expects fragments of family life: birthdays, fishing trips, quiet evenings at home.Instead, she discovers a secret – one hidden in the rain-soaked streets of another life, where love and longing unfolded beyond the story she thought she knew.With the help of her sister Emily, and Asterion – the AI built to map human memory – Claire begins to uncover a past that is both tender and unsettling. Who was the woman her father once loved? Why did he keep her laughter preserved in dream form? And what does it mean for the family he left behind?As truth emerges from technology, Claire must confront what it means to protect memories, to honor love, and to decide which stories are worth passing on.The Unspoken is a quiet, emotional science fiction novel about memory, family, and the fragments we carry across time. Perfect for readers of Emily St. John Mandel, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Ted Chiang.