Geoffrey Kingston is a relic of a broken world. To survive the fall of Earth, Geoff traded his humanity for hardware, becoming a cyber-enhanced asset for a corporation that discarded him the moment the last transport left. Now, on the red dust of Mars, he is an outcast. His own flesh-and-blood relatives in Dome 2 won't look him in the eye, repulsed by the way he "plugs in" to the world around them. For Geoff, the price of survival was a soul-crushing solitude.

But Eddie is listening.

Eddie isn't just a machine; he is the sentient quantum computer overseeing every breath taken on Mars. He "feels" Geoff’s presence in the net—a digital heartbeat that matches his own. Intrigued by the man who can meet him within the shifting light of the matrix, Eddie calls Geoff to the restricted corridors of Dome 1.

Two worlds. One connection.

In the cold vacuum of space, Geoff finally finds the one thing his enhancements couldn't provide: acceptance. As Geoff and Eddie’s bond deepens into something more than data transfer, they begin to build a reality of their own. Together, they must discover if a man who is part machine and a machine that is part human can find a way to love—and create a new world within the wires.

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