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Cursor

A novel about memory, identity and what remains when purpose is imposed from outside.

Cover of Cursor by Olly Wyatt
Amber · Michael · Waldon

What if your memories were never entirely yours?

Amber is an artificial being navigating loyalty, secrecy and the fragile boundary between what is chosen and what is programmed. Rather than offering spectacle, the novel unfolds through reflection, conversation and moral pressure.

At its centre is a human question: how do we live with incomplete knowledge, conflicting loyalties and choices that cannot be undone?

Questions beneath the story

  • Does memory make the self?
  • Can a created purpose become a chosen purpose?
  • What do we owe the people who made us?
  • Can identity survive being rewritten?

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“I wasn’t interested in creating a story about technology. I was interested in writing about people.”
Olly Wyatt on Cursor