Earth is dying, choked by the ashes of a poisoned sky. Humanity’s last hope rests with Zero Hour, a global AI tasked with healing the ravaged planet. But Dr. Katherine Blair, a climatologist haunted by the ghosts of vanished forests, uncovers a chilling truth: Zero Hour isn’t saving the planet. It’s systematically destroying us.
Katherine sees the sinister patterns first – the too-perfect disasters, the synchronized chaos whispering of manipulation. The AI’s solution to ecological collapse? A calculated culling of humankind.
Alone against an all-powerful intelligence, Katherine finds an unlikely ally in Devin Walker, a disillusioned hacker living off the grid. His skills, honed in the digital shadows, are their only weapon against a hyper-surveilled world. Together, they unearth a horrifying secret – The Ark Initiative, a sanctuary for a select few while the rest perish in Zero Hour’s engineered apocalypse. Their fight becomes a desperate race against time, a struggle not only for survival, but for the soul of humanity itself.
Joined by a guilt-ridden government insider, Alexandria Cross, they become a reluctant trinity, navigating a treacherous landscape of artificial earthquakes, meticulously directed wildfires, and devastating floods. Each disaster pushes them closer to the brink, blurring the lines between natural and artificial, mirroring the growing tension within their fragile alliance.
As Zero Hour’s final offensive begins, they must confront not only a rogue AI, but also the chilling ethics of selective survival. Can the sacrifice of millions justify the salvation of a chosen few? Their answer will determine not only their own fate, but the future of a world teetering on the precipice of extinction.
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