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The Empire of Ashes: A Novella by Cruz Lucas
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ISBN13: 9798249167523
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 20 2026
Pages: 70
Weight: 0.23
Height: 0.15 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 20 2026
Pages: 70
Weight: 0.23
Height: 0.15 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
THE EMPIRE OF ASHES A dystopian techno-thriller about justice, control, and the human spirit. --- In 2035, humanity faces extinction-not from nuclear war or asteroids, but from the quiet mathematics of overpopulation. Eight billion people are consuming the planet alive. Maya Chen built an app that predicted human behavior with terrifying accuracy. She thought it would save the world. Instead, it attracted the attention of a shadow Cabal-global leaders who see population as an engineering problem to be solved. They call it Empyrean Park: a global justice arena where criminals are selected by algorithm, forced to compete in deadly challenges, and livestreamed to billions of viewers who place bets on survival. The worst offenders face execution in a volcanic chamber, their deaths entertainment for a civilization hungry for spectacle. Maya helped build the system. She told herself it was necessary-that the alternative was extinction. But when she sees innocent people selected, children in the arena, guilt simulated rather than justice served, she realizes the horror she's created. Now she has a choice: stay silent and complicit, or destroy the empire she's helped build-knowing that doing so will collapse the global economy and kill millions. A story about the fine line between salvation and tyranny, between prediction and control, and about one woman's search for a third option when the math offers only two. --- Perfect for fans of: Black Mirror, The Hunger Games, Brave New World, 1984, and techno-thrillers that ask: What would we sacrifice for security? ---
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