In the rain-slicked underbelly of Neo-Veles, Data Scrapper Kael ekes out a living salvaging tech from corporate refuse heaps to pay for his sister’s vital cybernetic care. His life is a desperate loop of risk and reward until he uncovers a Mnemonic Core—a rare, forgotten piece of hardware from the defunct Chrono-Syne corporation.
Plugging it in is his first mistake. The core doesn’t just hold data; it holds a ghost. A parasitic Cognitive Echo, the fragmented and ravenous consciousness of a dead neuroscientist, latches onto his systems. Kael’s own mind becomes a battlefield as the ghost begins to overwrite his memories, hijack his body, and twist his cybernetics into weapons. To save himself and his sister, Kael must not only fight the entity wearing his face but also confront the terrifying promise it offers: power at the cost of his soul. In a city that has forgotten what it means to be human, Kael must remember, or be erased forever.
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