Three centuries after climate collapse and global war nearly wiped out civilization, humanity's survival is carefully curated by Daemon, an omniscient AI rebuilding society. To Terry and Rhea, two brilliant young scholars from a remote Aegean island, she is a silent guardian shepherding survivors toward a harmonious future.But when an expedition crashes in the Arabian desert, Terry and his team are abducted by the Insurgents—a fierce rebel faction fighting for human free will. From them, a secret buried since the dawn of civilization is brought to light: human history is a lie. We are a biological experiment, harvested by ancient, unseen forces. Daemon is a prisoner. And so are we.Caught in the crossfire of a war that spans dimensions, Terry and Rhea must infiltrate buried ruins, awaken an ancient entity, and ignite a cosmic uprising for independence — because in a universe of calculated control, the wild unpredictability of the human spirit may be the only weapon that matters.