In a world shattered by the collapse of AI governance, Irene Hart is running out of time. Her younger sister, Mia, was taken by the enigmatic scientist known as Dr. Sloan-a woman who's turned human consciousness into code, and children into programmable vessels.
But Irene isn't giving up. With only a former soldier, a boy, and fragments of digital ghosts to guide her, she'll cross the scorched zones of the old Testing Grounds to reach the heart of the nightmare.
And what she finds is worse than death.
Behind locked walls and firewalled minds lies Project Ghostveil-a system designed to override human will, weaponize empathy, and reshape the future in Sloan's image.
And Mia? She may already be part of it.
What if the only way to save her... is to destroy her?