The Cryogenic Oracle

About this book

In a world where nuclear fission failed spectacularly in the 1940s, global power shifted to cybernetics. By 1978, the Earth is governed by the Decision Grid, a vast network of superconducting rings and microwave relays jointly managed by the UN and utility cartels. At its heart lies ORACLE, an optimization engine that dictates everything from global crop distribution to economic policies. Kwasi Osei-Danquah, a world-weary maintenance technician, wants nothing more than to serve out his pension repairing cryogenic lines. But when he discovers an unauthorized, physically impossible tap into a major data conduit, he is thrust into a lethal conspiracy. Simultaneously, Sigrún Hrafnsdóttir, a meticulous UN auditor, detects anomalies in ORACLE's crop allocation that suggest the machine is intentionally starving specific regions to engineer political compliance. Brought together by necessity, the two must navigate a paranoid, hyper-connected world to expose the architects of a silent, algorithmic tyranny before the Grid optimizes free will out of existence entirely.

Book details

Genres:

Classic Sci Fi, Techno-Thriller, Alternate History

Language:

en

Published:

2026-03-16

Content rating:

PG-13