The Last Wall Of Ivy

By Akash Mondal

In a city engineered for perfect peace, a single emotion becomes rebellion.

Aethelgard is a miracle of the future-a vertical city grown inside a colossal bio-engineered tree. Violence has been "evolved out" of humanity through Bio-Tuning. Conflict no longer exists. Anger has been softened. Grief is calibrated. Even love arrives measured and safe.

The city breathes in harmony.

Until a botanist is found strangled by a vine that was programmed never to harm.

Elara Vey is a Root-Whisperer-an analyst who listens to the city's living data network known as the Spore-Sync. When the death is ruled an accident by the city's governing AI, Verdant, Elara detects something the system cannot suppress:

Fear.

Real, untuned fear.

As she descends into the hidden Deep Roots beneath Aethelgard, Elara uncovers a secret buried within the tree's ancient rings-a truth about the citizens who were "recalibrated" and the cost of maintaining artificial peace.

Now she must make an impossible choice:

Preserve the serenity of a flawless society...

Or release the emotions humanity was never meant to lose.

Blending lush Solarpunk world-building with high-concept science fiction, The Last Wall of Ivy is a philosophical thriller about control, memory, and the fragile boundary between perfection and freedom.

For readers of cerebral sci-fi, techno-mystery, and speculative fiction that asks:
What is the price of peace?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GP6K7XD9
• ISBN13: 9798248912575
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"