The Substrata Protocols

About this book

In the towering megacity of Oikoumene, humanity has outsourced its memories to the municipal grid, sanitizing the human experience to prevent conflict and emotional volatility. Victor Rousseau, a retired data-diver content with his quiet life running an antiquarian bookshop, is violently forced out of retirement when an underground smuggler drops off an anomalous drive. This drive contains an unmapped sector of city code housing raw, unfiltered human history and emotion. Hunted by ruthless corporate purgers and aided by a disillusioned municipal architect, Victor must navigate a fragmented timeline of his own past trauma and terrifying glimpses of a future system collapse. As the city's foundational architecture begins to unravel, these disparate lives converge to determine whether humanity's painful, unedited past should be erased forever or unleashed to save a stagnant, hollow future.

Book details

Genres:

Classic Sci Fi, Cyberpunk, Dystopian

Language:

en

Published:

2026-06-05

Content rating:

R