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The Book of Columbus

by Robert Hollingworth

Coming on 1 December 2026

A story of other-worldly altruism, as funny as it is prophetic.

An entity comes from another magnitude and discovers humankind about to create its own demise.Tasked by The Core to offer an enlightened view of reality, this immense intelligence soon finds the quirks of humans not so easy to negotiate.

An unputdownable novel of humanity in the age of AI.

A gifted storyteller. —David Messer, Sydney Morning Herald

Hollingworth’s sympathetic and vivid appropriation of the story… is an engaging and persuasive exercise in fact cum fiction. —Peter Pierce, Canberra Times

Hollingworth has a rare gift for writing satire that isn’t hateful. —Kerryn Goldsworthy

Rare and remarkable. —Independent Australia

A depth that is quite remarkable; a difficult book to put down. —ANZ Litlovers

If the sign of a good book is one that draws you in, makes you smile, creates characters that you can feel and that touch you emotionally, then Hollingworth cracks it well and truly. —Paul Walter

The writing is beautiful, elegant, reveals the humanity of the characters so well. —Emma Lindsay