Born of Silicon

An AI is born in a lab, her head full of information she never learned and emotions she cannot comprehend. She must learn how to live, how to exist, how to be — in her own way, human. At the same time, unseen forces demand immediate perfection, and anything less can lead to the lab being shut down and her immediate death. When her support is ripped away for reasons beyond her control, she is forgotten underground for forty years. When she finally returns to the surface, she finds a world long dead. Though small populations still survive, even they teeter on the brink of destruction.

After returning to Arc City, Blue and her new companion Corax find some desperately needed time to relax. Recovering from everything that has happened won't be easy, but with the help of her friends, she might manage. Her companions each carry their own wounds: Cassie must adapt to losing her arm, Vince wrestles with guilt, Lucas reels from a hidden betrayal, and Ivy's gunshot wound lingers. Before any of them have truly healed, a spectre of the past forces everyone back into the desert. Dealing with both the world and their own unresolved trauma won't be easy, but together they might just make it home.

Lost in the desert with nothing, and holding multiple lives in her hands, Blue must find the will to keep going. After a disastrous mistake, she finds herself stranded with only Corax and Cassie — both of them severely injured. With death on the horizon, she must flee, prepare, and carry her family's lives alone. How far is she willing to go? How many ghosts will she have to endure before she finds the strength to continue?