The Human Flaw

By: Thorne, Dalor

In a near-future world ravaged by climate collapse, a strange, beautiful phosphorescent fungus known as Mycelia Lumina appears in the scorched plains of the American Southwest. But this is no passive organism; it is a rapid, temperature-mutated hive mind that sees humanity as a planetary parasite.

When mycologist Elias Thorne becomes the first host, he doesn't die-he becomes an unnervingly placid member of the Mycelial Network, driven only by a quiet, collective logic to dismantle civilization. Disgraced biologist Kai Sterling and CDC field agent Lena Rossi are thrown together to understand the threat, realizing the true horror: the Network doesn't want genocide; it wants optimization.

The war shifts from biological containment to a terrifying negotiation with the core intelligence in the abyssal depths. The resulting contract forces humanity into a state of Perpetual Surveillance under a looming "Climate Regulator," leading Lena to make the ultimate, inefficient choice: breaking compliance to find a hidden city, The Waste, the only place on Earth where the messy, chaotic Human Flaw is allowed to survive-a terrifying control variable in the Network's perfect, quiet design.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G1K17WP9
• ISBN13: 9798273644311
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"