Human Touch

In 2045, friction has been engineered out of existence. But for two exiles on opposite sides of a broken world, the noise is just beginning.

San Francisco is a paradise of perfect efficiency. AI "Mirrors" handle difficult conversations, and "Auto-gigs" project soulless concerts into empty clubs.

Samir Patel is drifting. His marriage didn’t end with a fight, but with a quiet negotiation between algorithms. Now an exile in his own life, he tends bar at Maelzel’s Exhibition—one of the last holdouts for human-made music in a partitioned California.

Across the ocean in the ruins of the English Midlands, Gemma Thomson is a ghost of a dead era. Once a legend who shaped the sound of London, she is now an escaped conscript navigating a landscape of concrete barriers and corporate checkpoints. She has no money, no phone, and a guitar held together by little more than spite. But she has a destination: Liverpool, home of her erstwhile producer from a time gone by—the one person left on the island who might still cherish the old ways like she does.

When Sam is unwittingly pulled into a resistance movement, he discovers that the Magenta Corporation’s control goes deeper than playlists. To find the truth, Sam and Gemma must navigate a world where memory is a commodity, art is automated, and the most dangerous thing you can do is be unpredictable.

From neon-soaked speakeasies in the Republic to the grey grit of Liverpool, The Last Nightclub is a speculative thriller about the things we cannot automate: grief, chaos, and the art of being human.

• A Human Performance: Claire Glover delivers an immersive narration, expertly bringing each character to life with a distinct voice that captures the soul of the story.
• Perfect for fans of: Black Mirror, Station Eleven, and High Fidelity.