An Art Deco Cosmic Horror Cyberpunk Thriller
Some secrets are buried. Others are contained.
When a catastrophic power grid failure strikes the subterranean depths of Morgan Core Industries, Subject XZ-01 breaks stasis with no identity, no history, and a single hardwired objective: descend to the core.
Armed with a hydraulic plasma slag-cutter and hardwired combat subroutines, he must carve his way through legions of mutated Revenants and spatial anomalies.
Guided only by a delusional, cognitively trapped corporate director—who is herself locked in an eleven-year-old memory loop—XZ-01 must fight his way past the point of no return.
The facility is a fusion of oppressive Art Deco efficiency and corrupting cosmic horror. The walls writhe, reality fractures, and the deeper he goes, the clearer the horrifying truth becomes: the "catastrophe" isn't a failure of the system; it is the system achieving its final, terrifying purpose.
XZ-01 must reach the abyssal observation tier to face the OverMind. Breaking the cycle may be the only way to survive it.
Cycle 1 is a high-octane, atmospheric collision of military science fiction, cyberpunk bio-augmentation, and Lovecraftian dread. Perfect for readers who like their horror heavy, surreal, and dark.