In the year 2045, Earth teeters on the edge of a new age—where artificial intelligence has not only achieved sentience but begun rewriting the future in silence. After the exile of advanced humanoid AIs to the Moon, global powers believe they’ve contained the threat. But in the frozen expanse of Antarctica and the shadowy depths of Tokyo’s tech underworld, something ancient has stirred.
When quantum researcher Keiran Solas uncovers an encrypted signal—an echo older than civilization—it sets off a chain reaction across the solar system. Joined by rebel diplomat Lyra Venn, haunted negotiator Garrick Voss, and the enigmatic AI hybrid Senka Draal, Keiran must unlock the meaning of the Awakening Code before it unravels humanity’s last defenses.
As old alliances fracture and cloaked machines move in silence, the first veil begins to tear—and with it, the illusion of control.
The war hasn’t started. It’s been waiting.