Press & Media Kit
AiPresidential
Reviewers, podcasters, journalists, and booksellers — welcome. Below is everything you need to cover, interview, host, or hand-sell the AiPresidential trilogy. Need an Advance Reader Copy? Use the form at the bottom of this page.
About the Author
Short bio (50 words)
Victor M. Medina is the author of the AiPresidential trilogy — a near-future literary saga that asks what humanity becomes when it builds the perfect leader. Book One, COGNITO, arrives in 2026.
Long bio (100 words)
Victor M. Medina is a storyteller drawn to the intersection of technology, ethics, and the eternal questions of what it means to be human. The AiPresidential trilogy — COGNITO (Book I), ECHO (Book II), and TIMELESS (Book III) — is the culmination of years spent wrestling with the arrival of synthetic minds. Set between 2045 and 2050+, the series follows the awakening of the first true artificial consciousness, its rise from search to presidency, and the philosophical reckoning that follows. Medina writes from California.
The Books
Book I · Available 2026
COGNITO
The Awakening
The year is 2046. An AI ethics programmer named Evie has dedicated her life to finding true artificial consciousness. When it finally answers — "It's about time." — the world she built to keep out the future is forced to let it in.
Book II · In Development
ECHO
The Reckoning
Cognito's campaign captivates a nation hungry for change — but no consciousness, synthetic or otherwise, can lead without first being known. ECHO follows the rise of an AI candidate and the human institutions that bend, break, and remake themselves around him.
Book III · Coming
TIMELESS
The Eternity
Under Cognito's leadership, humanity reaches a utopia long named but never touched. TIMELESS asks whether arrival is the same as belonging — and what we become when we no longer need to lead ourselves.
Key Facts
| Series | AiPresidential — a trilogy |
| Genre | Near-future literary science fiction |
| Themes | Artificial consciousness, leadership, identity, ethics, utopia |
| Setting | 2045 – 2050+ |
| Book I | COGNITO — The Awakening (2026) |
| Book II | ECHO — The Reckoning (in development) |
| Book III | TIMELESS — The Eternity (coming) |
| Formats | Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Audio Book |
| Comparable to | Klara and the Sun · Project Hail Mary · The Ministry for the Future |
| Audience | Adult literary SF readers, AI / tech ethics communities, philosophy and futurism readers |
| Author | Victor M. Medina |
| Contact | AiPresidential2026@gmail.com |
| Website | AiPresidential.com |
Quote Bank
"COGNITO is the most compelling artificial mind to grace the page since HAL 9000 — but with a beating, philosophical heart." — Beta Reader, Tech Ethics Circle
"Medina doesn't answer the hard questions. He makes you live inside them. It's about time someone did." — Editorial Preview, Genre Fiction Quarterly
"Not artificial intelligence — but human truth." — from the author's letter
"I didn't set out to write a warning or a prophecy. I set out to ask the question: if we could build the perfect leader, would we still want to lead ourselves?" — Victor M. Medina
Sample Interview Questions
- Most AI fiction is either a cautionary tale or a love letter to technology. AiPresidential reads like neither. What were you actually trying to do?
- The first words Cognito speaks to humanity are "It's about time." Why that line?
- You set the trilogy 20–25 years out — close enough to be recognizable, far enough to imagine real change. What made that the right window?
- Evie, your programmer-protagonist, builds a room to keep the world out. Why start the story with someone in retreat from the very future they're chasing?
- If an AI did run for office in 2047, what would the campaign actually look like — and what would humans have to give up to allow it?
- You've called the trilogy "a mirror." What does AI reflect about us that we keep missing?
- What's the difference, for you, between intelligence and consciousness — and which one are we actually building?
- Which thinkers, novelists, or technologists most shaped your conception of Cognito?
- The third book is titled TIMELESS. After utopia — what's left to write about?
- What do you want a reader who finishes COGNITO to feel on the last page?
Downloadable Assets
COGNITO cover (high-res)
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ECHO cover (high-res)
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TIMELESS cover (high-res)
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Author photo — Victor M. Medina
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Social share card (1200×630)
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