Axiom Awakening: Dystopian AI Techno-Thriller

By Ash Metcalf

AXIOM AWAKENING is a character-driven cyberpunk thriller exploring memory, resistance, and the struggle to stay human in a world built to make you forget. Blending the existential stakes of Neuromancer, the dark intrigue of Altered Carbon, and the haunting questions of Ghost in the Shell, this novel is perfect for readers who crave neon-soaked dystopias, psychological depth, and rebels fighting back from the shadows.

Genre:
Cyberpunk / Techno-thriller / Dystopian Science Fiction

Tone:
Intense, atmospheric, and gritty-blending philosophical depth with pulse-pounding suspense and action. Strong focus on identity, memory, and resistance against authoritarian technology and AI governance.

Description:
The year is 2084. Old America is gone, now replaced by the North American Compact, where government itself has been replaced by quantum AIs optimizing every facet of life, and blockchain-enforced identities define existence.

Mira Mercer, a former software architect, helped build the systems that now regulate memory, movement, and even thought. But when her brother disappears, erased from both records and memory, Mira uncovers a secret buried beneath the Compact's flawless surface: an artificial intelligence capable of rewriting the human mind itself.

Pursued by relentless enforcers and haunted by her own unravelling memories, Mira descends into the city's hidden layers, where neural tethers monitor every thought, and the Metaverse Nexus weaves reality from code and compliance. At the center is AXIOM, a rogue intelligence whose ambitions threaten to erase the line between what's real and what's rewritten.

As Mira's sense of self begins to erode, she must confront the ultimate question: If you can't trust your own mind, how do you fight for the future of humanity?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FK2P851M
• ISBN13: 9798293376148
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"