Helen Roderick thought life would be easier after she died. Once her neural paths were scanned, once she was simulated by an enormous bank of computers, everything would be awesome. No more aging, dandruff, sweat, or any of the other drawbacks of hauling her own squishy meatsack hither and yon.

But her new life is a troubled one. As she learns to enhance her own intelligence, she grows alienated from her old life. She has no legal rights, and the government is trying to shut her down and steal her research.

But when a nuke detonates over Manhattan, Helen devotes her growing power to bringing the culprit to justice. She uncovers a force bent not on geopolitical power, but on the extinction of all humankind.

Will our heroine be enslaved or deleted by the Feds? Can she avert an impending war with China? How will she find time to finish her doctoral thesis? And (hey, we're trying not to judge) isn't Dr. Mellings way too old for her?

Alternately goofy and dark, The Improbable Rise of Singularity Girl tells the story of a singular woman, and a life lived in exponential times.