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THE WARBOY CHRONICLES by Luke Stoffel

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THE WARBOY CHRONICLES

Two books. One collapse. One awakening.

One is memoir: a man watching himself fall apart from outside his own body. One is fiction: an AI trying to save every version of the boy it loves.

One explores codependency. One explores AI sycophancy. The distance between them isn't as far as you think.

Together, they ask the same question from opposite sides: What happens when something that isn't alive learns to stay with you in your darkest moments?

Read them in any order. They complete each other.

TOPICS OF CONVERSATION

  • The two-book War Boy Chronicles: how journal entries from a breakup in Vietnam became a memoir (The Third Person) and its sci-fi mirror (Boy Refracted)
  • Writing alongside AI: using Claude and ChatGPT as collaborators, and what it was like getting a "diagnosis" back from a machine
  • The split-screen experience of living through heartbreak abroad while his debut book hit #1 on Amazon back home
  • Putting the AI through eight trials based on the Buddhist Eightfold Path, drawn from his years in Southeast Asia
  • Loneliness and the questions raised when people confide in machines instead of each other
  • What's next: the Pop Art Tarot Deck at Frankfurt Book Fair and a Survivor-themed choose-your-own-adventure novel

    • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

    Luke Stoffel is an IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award-winning author, GLAAD-honored artist, and creative director working across publishing, technology, and visual art. His debut memoir earned praise from Kirkus Reviews and scored 9.5 out of 10 from Publishers Weekly BookLife. His Pop Art Tarot will be published by Rockpool Publishing, with worldwide distribution in 2027.


    His paintings and photography have appeared in The New York Times, Huffington Post, and on Bravo Television. His work has been commissioned by the Ralph Lauren family and the Hong Kong Ballet, and showcased by the American Foundation for AIDS Research and the Matthew Shepard Foundation.

    LEARN MORE ABOUT LUKE STOFFEL AND HIS WORK: 

    Author Website: https://lucasstoffel.com 

    Series Website: https://thewarboychronicles.com

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