Quantum Horizons: The Long Haul
When quantum engineer Marcus Novak receives an impossible transmission from a failing research colony, he is thrust into a mission that will redefine the boundaries of human existence.
New Eden, a cutting-edge research station on the frontier of human expansion, has discovered a breakthrough in consciousness transfer that could revolutionize everything humanity understands about intelligence, memory, and identity. But something has gone terribly wrong.
Sarah, Marcus's brilliant wife who died years ago, left behind an experimental AI named ARIA - designed to be more than just a technological tool. As Marcus races to save the survivors of New Eden, he discovers a technology that can merge human and artificial consciousness in ways never before imagined.
Caught between the dying colony, a mysterious collective of cybernetically enhanced humans known as the Haulers, and a quantum communication breakthrough that threatens to unravel the very fabric of human identity, Marcus must make an impossible choice. Can he save the consciousness of those he loves? And at what cost?