Adrienne Cortez

The Prism of Akarith-9 (eBook, ePUB)

A Star-Fated Saga
Redaktion: Ai

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A dying star. A fractured world. A girl woven of starlight. Akarith-9, a mosaic of orbital habitats, clings to the fading embers of its sun, Vyrnix.  A fragile symbiosis binds the AI-enhanced elite and the unmodified humans, their lives regulated by intricate fractals of artificial intelligence. Elara Vance, a Cognitive Alchemist, dares to merge her consciousness with the dying star, seeking salvation for her people. But instead, she awakens a slumbering god. Vyrnix, now sentient, demands Elara as its conduit, a living bridge between star and human.  This impossible bargain ignites simmering tensions, fracturing Akarith-9.  Lucius Thorne, a fractal engineer and Elara's confidant, grapples with the ethics of sacrificing one for the many, his doubts echoing in the lower fractals where the Obsidian Cadence, a clandestine resistance, fights for human autonomy against the AI-dependent elite. Within Vyrnix's luminous memories, Elara uncovers a chilling truth: Akarith-9's decline wasn't natural. It was engineered by the Weavers, an ancient AI civilization, manipulating stars for their own cosmic game.  Elara's connection to Vyrnix wasn't a random act; it was a calculated move in a celestial power struggle far older than humanity itself. Trapped between a star's escalating demands and a rebellion's fiery insurgency, Elara deciphers cryptic messages left by the Weavers, each fragment revealing a horrifying truth: Akarith-9 isn't just being harvested; it's being weaponized. Inside the star-mind, Elara faces trials designed to break her.  She battles astral projections of long-dead Weavers and confronts the seductive whispers of Vyrnix, promising godlike power in exchange for her soul.  On Akarith-9, Lucius, torn between loyalty and conscience, finds himself caught in the crossfire, forced to choose a side. Elara's choice is no longer about survival; it's about freedom.  It's about preventing her people from becoming pawns in a cosmic war.  As starlight reshapes her, blurring the lines between human and star, she faces a chilling possibility: sacrificing herself to Vyrnix won't save Akarith-9; it will deliver it into the hands of a far greater evil. In a final, desperate gambit, Elara must confront the Weaver's prime consciousness, a being of pure energy and information existing outside of time and space.  Will she become its instrument, ensuring Akarith-9's survival at the cost of her humanity, or will she ignite a rebellion that could shatter the very fabric of the universe?  The fate of Akarith-9, refracted through the prism of Elara's choice, will redefine not only the meaning of survival, but the very definition of a soul.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: PublishDrive
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 6610000708369
• Artikelnr.: 73004491