Humanity’s second chance comes at a terrifying cost.
Maja Nygaard’s groundbreaking invention—atomic reprinting—was meant to be a miracle. In the aftermath of a devastating pandemic, her technology erases disease, rebuilds bodies, and offers desperate souls a fresh start on the frozen, toxic expanse of Titan. But perfection is an illusion, and in the wrong hands, identity is fragile. Memories can be altered. Lives can be rewritten. The essence of self—erased.
At the heart of it all is Phanes, an artificial intelligence unlike any other. More than a creation, it is Maja’s conscience, watching, learning, and seeing truths others would rather keep buried. As power-hungry governments, ruthless corporations, and the dying claw for control, Maja faces an impossible choice: safeguard the integrity of humanity—or let those in power reshape it in their image.
But when the line between original and copy begins to blur, one question haunts her: