When Eden Academy falls in a single night of chaos, 17-year-old Samaki "Sam" Johnson is thrust from his safe, sealed childhood home into a city strangled by a towering mycelium skyscraper that hoards light, water, and air for the elite.
On the streets with Lola, Morris, and a hidden cyborg collective, Sam discovers something impossible inside him-a secret from his past that powerful forces will kill to control.
The corporate AI is hunting him. External powers want what he carries. And his past, long buried, is fighting to surface with answers that could reshape everything.
In this world of extreme contrasts and moral grey areas, Sam must survive long enough to decide: become a weapon, vanish into hiding, or forge a third path that cracks the towers wide open.
Perfect for readers of speculative fiction who crave futures that are thoughtful, tense, and defiantly hopeful.