Sign-In
Cart
A Symphony of Beautiful Chaos: True freedom is a system error
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 15 2026
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.33 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What if the cure for your anxiety came with a terrifying side effect: the ability to control everyone else's?
In the rain-slicked, neon-drenched sprawl of Neo-Mexico City, Leo Rios is just another data-scavenger drowning in debt and self-doubt. Desperate to silence the ruthless critic in his head, he spends his last credits on a black-market neural implant: the Toltec OS, a miracle chip promising emotional invincibility.
But Leo doesn't get peace. He gets a glitch.
Instead of quieting his mind, the bootleg OS grants him something impossible: Root access to the entire network. Suddenly, he can feel the city breathing. He can sense the loan shark's rage, deflect a psychic attack, and weaponize his own crippling anxiety.
Now, hunted by the god-like CEO Aris Thorne-a man who sees human emotion as a virus to be patched-Leo must team up with Xochi, the reclusive architect who built the system and now wants to tear it down. Their only hope against Thorne's ultimate program, The Unification, is to embrace the chaos.
Because in a world designed for perfection, the most dangerous thing you can be is gloriously, beautifully, human.
Also in
Science Fiction
On the Calculation of Volume (Book I): Shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize
Balle, Solvej
Paperback
Red Rising 3-Book Box Set: Red Rising, Golden Son, Morning Star, and an Exclusive Extended Excerpt of Iron Gold
Brown, Pierce
Paperback