Description
In New Chicago, immortality is a service - and souls are just data. Kaelen Riker is a washed-up detective with a cybernetic arm, a talent for pissing off corporations, and no patience for promises of digital paradise. When a powerful client's Echo - his digital consciousness backup - vanishes inside the Continuum, Kael uncovers a truth far darker than a technical glitch. Elysian Dynamics claims the Continuum offers eternal life. What it really offers is consumption. As Kael dives into a city where neon rain masks corporate crimes and rogue AIs whisper from beneath reality, he discovers that Echoes aren't preserved - they're harvested. And something ancient, hungry, and intelligent is growing at the center of it all. Hunted by Inquisitors, betrayed by systems he once trusted, and forced to ally with ghosts - both human and digital - Kael must decide how much of his own soul he's willing to risk to stop a machine that feeds on eternity. Static Soul is a gritty cyberpunk thriller about identity, autonomy, and what it means to survive when even death has terms of service.
About the Author
Tyler Knox is the author of "STATIC SOUL" and other works.
