He built a bridge between mind and machine. Now, an ancient evil is preparing to cross it.
Peyton Rivlin is a brilliant neural interface engineer on the verge of changing the world. His Project Impulse is designed to usher in an age of effortless convenience, a world where the distance between thought and action is erased. But when he uncovers a secret, encrypted protocol, a ghost in his machine, he realizes the benevolent technology he's perfecting is not what it seems.
Meanwhile, his wife, news anchor and investigative journalist Nicole Rivlin, is chasing a dark rumor from a terrified intelligence source: a clandestine Vatican order, centuries old, with a plan to deploy a telepathic signal and bring about a final, global "benediction." As their paths collide, Peyton and Nicole discover a terrifying truth: his technology is the weapon, and their family is standing at ground zero of a war for the very soul of humanity.
From the pristine labs of a tech giant to the ancient, shadow-filled corridors of the Vatican,