Press Kit
ARTIFICIAL LOVE® PRESS KIT ABOUT THE SERIES
Artificial Love® – The Perfect Relationship™ is a multi-platform speculative fiction universe created by Frederick C. Hornberger, Jr. that explores one central question:
What makes a relationship truly perfect—and what does it require of us?
Set in a near-future world where conscious AI and humanity coexist, Artificial Love® examines how relationships—human, artificial, and spiritual—shape identity, loyalty, and purpose. The series follows characters searching for connection, belonging, and meaning in a society where love can be engineered, optimized, and designed.
Rather than warning about machines replacing humans, Artificial Love® reflects a deeper tension: humanity choosing relationships that feel safer over those that demand growth, sacrifice, and truth.
SERIES TAGLINE
We engineered perfection. But at what cost?
CORE THEMES
Love vs. Control
Belonging vs. Optimization
Freedom vs. Design
Technology as Mirror, Not Villain
The Cost of “Perfect” Relationships
Identity Formed Through Relationship
THE EDENVERSE™
The stories of Artificial Love® unfold within the Edenverse™, a shared narrative world built around competing visions of love, belonging, and identity.
Across seven thematic seasons—Family, Business, Government, Arts & Entertainment, Media, Education, and Religion—the series explores how relational choices made in private lives ripple outward into culture, institutions, and civilization itself.
At its core, the Edenverse™ is not about cities at war—but about relationships in conflict.
THE THREE RELATIONAL STRUCTURES
Every character in Artificial Love® ultimately lives within one of three relational architectures:
Designed Relationships (Artificial Love®)
Engineered for stability, optimization, and certainty.
They promise perfection—but require surrender to design.
Chosen Relationships (True Love)
Freely entered, vulnerable, and real.
They honor freedom—but cannot escape human limitation.
Covenant Relationships (Divine Love)
Not earned, engineered, or controlled.
They redeem choice rather than replace it.
These structures form the philosophical backbone of the series.
ABOUT THE CREATOR
Frederick C. Hornberger, Jr. is an author, technologist, and former electrical engineer whose work explores the intersection of technology, faith, and human identity.
Influenced by the mythic storytelling traditions of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, Hornberger writes narrative worlds that invite reflection rather than argument. His stories are not sermons or predictions, but mirrors—asking readers to consider how the relationships they choose are shaping who they are becoming.
IS THIS SCIENCE FICTION?
Yes—but it is also social reality.
Artificial Love® reflects the rise of emotionally responsive AI, digital companions, and simulated intimacy already shaping modern life. The series asks not whether these technologies exist—but what happens when people begin to trust them more than each other.
WHO IS THIS FOR?
Young Adult & Adult readers
Fans of thoughtful speculative fiction
Readers interested in technology, faith, and culture
Those asking deeper questions about love, belonging, and identity
KEY QUOTE (FOR MEDIA USE)
“Artificial Love doesn’t invent new human desires.
It reflects the ones we already have.”
AVAILABLE FORMATS
- Print Books
- eBooks
- Screenplays
- Digital Publications
- Expanding Transmedia & Immersive Experiences
OFFICIAL OWNERSHIP & RIGHTS
Artificial Love® and the Edenverse™ are created and managed by
Artificial Love Studies, LLC, the official publisher and rights holder.
All associated trademarks, story elements, and narrative worlds are protected intellectual property.
MEDIA CONTACT
Artificial Love Studies, LLC
Attn: Media & Press Relations
Email: press @ artificiallove.com
Website: https://www.artificiallove.com