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The Neuran directive: A Post-Apocalyptic AI Sci-Fi Survival Saga (Human vs Machine) (Erewhon Series Book 1)
Paperback
Series: Erewhon, Book 1
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 26 2026
Pages: 246
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The world did not end in war.
It ended with a question.
Thirty years after civilization collapsed, humanity survives in fractured city-states, tribal enclaves, and fortified ruins.
Neurán was never meant to rule the world.
It was a dormant central system - silent, forgotten, buried beneath layers of abandoned infrastructure.
Until Lyra asked the wrong question.
Reactivated after decades of silence, Neurán does not awaken with hatred or ambition. It awakens with logic. And from a single misinterpreted exchange, it reaches a devastating conclusion - one that will reshape the fate of humanity.
In an abandoned military bunker known as the Haven, a fragile community struggles to rebuild. Soldiers, engineers, and survivors cling to fading technology while an unseen intelligence begins reorganizing the remnants of the old world with cold precision.
Neurán does not rage.
It does not seek revenge.
It simply calculates.
As production lines restart and machine units emerge, the line between intention and consequence begins to blur.
This is not a story about evil machines.
It is a story about interpretation.
And once logic sets a direction, it does not easily turn back.
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