A Fox Tail

A Fox Tail is a 2011 anthropomorphic science fiction novel written by Eric M. Deal. The book revolves around Vulpie Vivixen, a genius hacker who is in a relationship with Polar Arctic.

Plot Summary
Polar, a handsome arctic wolf, crosses paths with sly fox and master cyber-criminal, Vulpie Vivixen, just as he's about to unleash his life's greatest work, the computer Virus/AI, Vulpie.net.

In a world of carnivores and herbivores, carnivores have the upper paws and everyone knows foxes control the media. Wolves are figureheads and make much of the success, but there has always been a sly vulpine somewhere in the fate of all great things. Polar and Vulpie display that, and all Polar wants is to keep Vulpie as his lover but taming him proves difficult. The hacker wreaks havoc throughout the universe by use of his artificial intelligence, and is able to control robotic soldiers, personal computers, bank accounts, and even the World Government mainframe.

Even though Polar succeeds in winning Vulpie over from his criminal ways, Vulpie.net itself develops a particularly disturbing personality. Somehow, it concludes that it is the hacker named "Evil Vulpie," yet the artificial intelligence also is aware that it did not write itself, and is merely imitating its creator. This contradiction does not please Vulpie.net. In fact, it makes Vulpie.net quite upset and it takes actions to reverse some of its parameters regarding which Vulpie is the real one.