Gradient Of Dreams

Anarchy at the culmination isn't the greatest risk of a revolution-the greatest peril is the frantic compromise at its penultimate step! The thing the disruptor is willing to sacrifice at the palpable altar of glory... at the Faustian threshold!<br /><br />In 2031 there is a man trying to save humanity. From itself.<br /><br />Twelve years ago humankind had survived nature's cataclysmic assault subduing a lethal biological virus. But in the shadows of the COVID19 pandemic a more virulent parasite had been unleashed on the unsuspecting masses. By the Platforms. Its target unlike the virus wasn't the human body but its soul.<br /><br />With its cold and deadly precision Degenerative AI had infected the social essence of humanity meticulously splintering the collective consciousness into toxic islands of hate and prejudice.<br /><br />In a defiant race against destiny with humanity teetering on the edge Fate has raised the stakes. He would invent a noble benevolent and omniscient Intelligence - Augment. And in an audacious gamble Fate would wager human agency and free will to reclaim empathy and spark a new age of enlightenment where fear of the other doesn't exist.<br /><br />But the human mind-in all its good and evil-is a harder opponent than even Icarus Fate anticipated. In a relentless battle for light it would expose his own darkness and challenge him to compromise his integrity. His soul.<br /><br />And in 2031 there is a woman trying to save humanity. From Fate. And his new God...