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XXII: Twenty Two
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 26 2025
Pages: 314
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
After the Great Exodus, Earth became an untouchable reserve, sealed off by a shield of armed satellites.
Humanity, now scattered across eleven space stations and the Martian colonies, lives under the iron grip of a government that controls everything-from births engineered in laboratories to the distribution of food. Only Ur, a drifting city in Saturn's rings, remains free: a haven for pirates, guilds, and the descendants of the defeated terraformers.
Lemek, a maintenance engineer on Station Eleven, lives a quiet and uneventful life-until a cryptic message pulls him into a conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew. Alongside Reshi, his Neural Autonomous Assistant, he uncovers a terrifying truth: humanity has been shaped and manipulated since its beginnings by an ancient, enigmatic species.
As Lemek delves deeper into secrets hidden in the shadows of power, he must confront corporations, governments, and forces that have remained unseen for centuries. His journey will push him to question not only his own origins, but the very purpose of humankind in a universe where free will may be nothing more than an illusion.
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