He tried to end his life. Now he's all that stands between a madman and humanity's downfall.
On the day he plans his suicide, a broken man uncovers an impossible secret—he is the only person who can stop a ruthless trillionaire from enslaving the world.
Prospero Jones is ready to die. Broken by failure and grief, he tries to end his life—only to wake in his apartment with a stranger who claims he cannot be allowed to die. Her name is Andromeda Vestal, and she reveals a secret beyond belief: consciousness is the universe’s deepest force, and Prospero has been chosen to save it.
But a rival already wields the same impossible power—Maxwell Salvatore, trillionaire CEO of Apex Industries. To him, free will is a flaw that leads only to collapse. His solution is terrifyingly simple: strip humanity of choice, enslave it to curated distraction, and ensure survival.
Caught between despair and hope, love and annihilation, Prospero must decide whether one life—his—can stand against the end of human freedom.
At the edge of death, one man will discover that free will is greater—and deadlier—than he ever imagined.
