In the cyberpunk dystopia of 2242, memory is the source code of reality, and history is a weapon. For RosNova agent Sineus, his duty is to preserve the controlled lie that keeps the corporate states from open war. Uniquely augmented, he is the only one who can see the data-ghosts of what has been erased from the timeline. His life of cold, brutal function is shattered when a pre-war relic activates, broadcasting a pure, uneditable signal across the globe—a vector pointing toward the legendary Aletheia Kernel, a god-engine with the power to rewrite existence. Dispatched to secure the prize, Sineus is thrown into a shadow war against the world's most powerful factions. To follow the signal, he must navigate a memetic minefield, trade secrets in lawless floating markets, and conduct neuro-archaeology in forgotten data-catacombs, all while being hunted by an assassin who doesn't just kill his targets—he deletes them from the past. Each step closer to the source costs Sineus a piece of himself, forcing him to sever his own memory to bypass lethal traps. The path is haunted by the spectral Palimpsest Phantom of a history that was murdered. At a decaying orbital station, he confronts the ultimate choice. The final vector is a trap, designed to reveal the Kernel's location to the entire world. He can destroy the relay, upholding his mission and preserving the fragile peace at the cost of the truth. Or he can let the broadcast complete, unleashing a chaotic war that will tear the world apart to possess it. His orders are to protect the lie. His conscience demands the truth. In a world where the past is a battlefield, how do you win a war against forgetting?
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In the cyberpunk dystopia of 2242, memory is the source code of reality, and history is a weapon. For RosNova agent Sineus, his duty is to preserve the controlled lie that keeps the corporate states from open war. Uniquely augmented, he is the only one who can see the data-ghosts of what has been erased from the timeline. His life of cold, brutal function is shattered when a pre-war relic activates, broadcasting a pure, uneditable signal across the globe—a vector pointing toward the legendary Aletheia Kernel, a god-engine with the power to rewrite existence. Dispatched to secure the prize, Sineus is thrown into a shadow war against the world's most powerful factions. To follow the signal, he must navigate a memetic minefield, trade secrets in lawless floating markets, and conduct neuro-archaeology in forgotten data-catacombs, all while being hunted by an assassin who doesn't just kill his targets—he deletes them from the past. Each step closer to the source costs Sineus a piece of himself, forcing him to sever his own memory to bypass lethal traps. The path is haunted by the spectral Palimpsest Phantom of a history that was murdered. At a decaying orbital station, he confronts the ultimate choice. The final vector is a trap, designed to reveal the Kernel's location to the entire world. He can destroy the relay, upholding his mission and preserving the fragile peace at the cost of the truth. Or he can let the broadcast complete, unleashing a chaotic war that will tear the world apart to possess it. His orders are to protect the lie. His conscience demands the truth. In a world where the past is a battlefield, how do you win a war against forgetting?
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