About this book
Summary
Clara, a disgraced teacher living in isolation, finds her quiet life shattered when Silas, a wounded engineer on the run from a high-tech surveillance "grid," collapses on her doorstep. Silas carries a mechanical device designed to create digital voids, and the two become unlikely allies against a system that seeks to eliminate human "friction" and unpredictability. As they flee through a rugged wilderness of marshes and abandoned foundries, Clara transforms from a passive observer into an active participant in Silas’s world of tactical survival. They use low-tech ingenuity—lead shielding, silver dust, and old-fashioned physics—to outsmart drones and porcelain-masked recovery agents. In a final stand at a rusted radar station, they trigger a massive electromagnetic pulse to blind their pursuers. The story ends with the duo disappearing into the unmapped mountains, committed to finding others who refuse to be solved by the algorithm.Book information
Rating
★★★★ (4.3) (23)
Genre
Dystopia
Length
1 hr 30 mins
Publish date
Jan 19, 2026
Language
English
About the Author
Zachary Hall
Table of Contents
1Chapter 1
6Chapter 6
2Chapter 2
7Chapter 7
3Chapter 3
8Chapter 8
4Chapter 4
9Chapter 9
5Chapter 5
10Chapter 10
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