Description

In a near-future virtual workplace, Girlie Delmundo—world-renowned for keeping online worlds “safe”—lands a promotion that puts her at the center of elite VR moderation and, with it, the promise of solving her family’s most urgent needs. But as she navigates the isolation of immersive technology and the carefully managed narratives behind it, her growing connection with William Cheung, a wry co-founder with secrets of his own, turns her professional certainty into something far more complicated. With Castillo’s trademark wit and incisive cultural critique, the novel asks what it really means to moderate human experience when history can’t be edited and love can’t be controlled. A bold, inventive romance set inside the machinery of tech, *Moderation* explores power, memory, and the ethics of building futures—one “approved” interaction at a time.

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paperback

Penguin Group

Published Aug 5, 2025

321 pages

ISBN: 9780593489666

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First Published

2025

Language

eng

Content Warnings

Content and trigger warnings for Moderation by Elaine Castillo.

War/Trauma
Death/Grief
Substance Use
Sexual Content
Racism/Discrimination