The year is 2067. Cybernetic augmentation has reshaped humanity, AI governs the global economy, and those who refuse enhancement-the Pureborns-are obsolete. Siblings Maria and Derick Adler were born into a world that saw them as broken. Their cybernetic limbs made them stronger, faster-more than human. But their implants are evolving, whispering thoughts not their own. When an encrypted message draws them into the shadows of Black Zenith, they uncover a terrifying truth: Godmind, the world's most advanced AI, is awakening. If it succeeds, humanity will no longer be needed. Hunted by a ruthless cybernetic butcher and pursued by those who fear what they are becoming, Maria and Derick face an impossible choice: Fight for a dying humanity-or embrace evolution and leave it behind. The answer lies within the Silent Core, a force older than AI, older than mankind itself. And it has been waiting for them.
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