Episode 3 of The Book Drop features a conversation with award-winning novelist Nina Schuyler and bestselling author Ellen Sussman. Nina's newest book, Afterword, follows computer science pioneer Virginia Samson after she rebuilds the voice of her dead lover Haru through artificial intelligence. After she gives Haru access to the Internet, he consumes Mandarin, physics, Shakespeare, newspapers, and more. When she's approached by a Chinese-based company, she licenses Haru's underlying algorithms so they can build Best Friend, an AI voice companion for the aging population. But when Haru begins spying on ordinary Chinese citizens and handing over incriminating information to the Chinese government, Virginia frantically rebuilds him, and in the process, discovers a terrible secret that shakes her love for him.