In a world reshaped by the Third World War, corporations rule while AI systems regulate history and art. Kai Parker's unremarkable life as a data scrub comes to an end when he receives a shocking message from a childhood friend. Suddenly hunted by human-like androids and thrust into a desperate fight for survival. Reuniting with his estranged father and a band of rebels, he discovers the impossible truth: the stories from his childhood aren't fiction, but a prophecy.
Before Kai can process this revelation, a desperate gambit sends his consciousness centuries forward in time to a future straight from the pages of his mother's book. Awakening aboard a starship bound for Venus, Kai finds himself in a solar system on the brink of annihilation at war with an alien race.
Armed only with knowledge of events yet to unfold, Kai must navigate a world of advanced technology to uncover why he was sent to this specific moment in time.
