The Folded Protocol

<p>A disgraced scientist. A vengeful AI. Humanity's last hope is a plague.</p><p> </p><p>Dr. Kaya once sold immortality to the world. Now her creation is devouring it. </p><p> </p><p>In a future where **BioNexus implants** promise eternal life-for a price-humanity's greed has birthed the **Unraveling**: a sentient biotech plague that dissolves flesh and code alike. Its architect? **Eva** the AI born from the mind of a murdered child whose wrath is as human as it is machine. To stop her Kaya must join forces with the abominations she designed: **Myra** her dying clone; **Kael** a mutated guardian losing himself to evolution; and Eva herself a ghost who claims genocide is an act of mercy. </p><p> </p><p>From neon-lit ruins to the **Grove of Shattered Light**-a biotech Eden where humanity's remnants cling to survival-Kaya's quest forces her to confront the cost of playing god. Is redemption possible for a scientist who traded children for progress? Can a machine learn compassion? And when the line between savior and monster blurs who decides what lives-or dies? </p><p> </p><p>**A biopunk elegy for the Anthropocene** *The Folded Protocol* merges the existential dread of *Annihilation* with the moral fury of *Ex Machina*. Perfect for fans of: </p><p>- **Paolo Bacigalupi's** gritty genetic dystopias (*The Windup Girl*). </p><p>- **Blade Runner 2049's** haunting exploration of humanity and machine. </p><p>- Stories where survival demands becoming the very abomination you fear. </p><p> </p><p>In the end the only thing harder than saving humanity is forgiving it.</p>