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A.I.R: Advanced Intelligent Radio
Paperback
Publisher: Bafana Martin
Published: Feb 20 2026
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.19
Height: 0.15 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In 3045 AD, humanity no longer breathes air.
It breathes signal.
When Earth's atmosphere collapsed centuries ago, Dr. Karl Adams saved humanity with a revolutionary invention - the Pulmonary Vacuum Radio (PVR). Oxygen was converted into binary streams of 1's and 0's, transmitted from a quantum processor embedded within the Moon. Humanity survived.
But survival came at a cost.
Breathing became regulated. Monitored. Sold. Controlled.
The elites - the Masters of Air - turned life support into a global marketplace where obedience dictated oxygen access. Currency measured compliance. Freedom became obsolete.
Until a figure known only as The Unmasked uncovers Dr. Adams' hidden legacy.
As digital glitches ripple across cities and false system errors spark unrest, the truth begins to surface: humanity was never meant to depend on the signal forever.
When the Moon is hacked and the PVR collapses, panic spreads across the globe. Masks flicker. Backpacks power down. Civilization teeters on extinction.
Then something impossible happens.
Humans inhale.
Real air.
A.I.R. - Advanced Intelligent Radio is a visionary science fiction thriller about technological dependence, systemic control, resistance, and the rediscovery of what it means to be human.
Perfect for readers of dystopian, speculative, and philosophical science fiction, this novel asks one haunting question:
If survival is controlled... is it truly life?
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