Cycle 1: An Art Deco Cosmic Horror Cyberpunk Thriller

By Mr. Patrick Eugene Barber II

Some secrets are buried. Others are contained.

When a catastrophic power grid failure strikes the subterranean depths of Morgan Core Industries, Subject XZ-01 breaks stasis with no identity, no history, and a single hardwired objective: descend to the core.

Armed with a hydraulic plasma slag-cutter and hardwired combat subroutines, he must carve his way through legions of mutated Revenants and spatial anomalies. Guided only by a delusional, cognitively trapped corporate director trapped in an eleven-year-old memory loop, XZ-01 must reach the abyssal observation tier to face the OverMind.

In a facility where corporate governance meets extradimensional madness, breaking the cycle may be the only way to survive it.

Cycle 1 is a high-octane, atmospheric fusion of military science fiction, cyberpunk bio-augmentation, and Lovecraftian cosmic horror.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HDN1WZ4Q
• ISBN13: 9798191842073
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"