Lira survives in the cracks—smuggling scraps, dodging drones, and ignoring the past. Until she finds the relic: a pulsing artifact that responds not to commands, but to memory itself. Suddenly, the whispers of old songs and buried histories become more than ghosts. They become a signal.
As the Harmonizers tighten their grip on the city’s voice, Lira becomes the unwilling carrier of something ancient and alive. Joined by an ex-cartographer with a buried conscience, a pigment artist who paints in resonance, and a girl who remembers what she shouldn’t, Lira discovers that resistance doesn’t always roar. Sometimes, it hums.
Chromium Red is the haunting first novel in The Chromium Sequence—a speculative series about memory, revolution, and the quiet power of presence. With poetic prose, a deeply human heroine, and a world built on sound and silence, this is a story for those who believe rebellion begins not with fire—but with remembering who you are.
Dystopian
Memory
Rebellion
Futuristic
Magic
Artificial Intelligence
Cyberpunk
Healing
Chosenone
Survival
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ (4.0) (1)
GenreScience Fiction, Dystopia
Length1 hr 6 mins
Publish dateMay 6, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Dedication
13Epigraph II
2Epigraph I
14Chapter 10
3Prologue
15Chapter 11
4Chapter 1
16Chapter 12
5Chapter 2
17Chapter 13
6Chapter 3
18Chapter 14
7Chapter 4
19Chapter 15
8Chapter 5
20Chapter 16
9Chapter 6
21Afterword
10Chapter 7
22Author's Note
11Chapter 8
23The Pulse Continues
12Chapter 9
About the author
Marin Cross
Smokeshow Publishing showcases a diverse collection of independent and fringe authors across a wide selection of genres.View all audiobooks by Marin Cross
