★ GOLD WINNER · 2026 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS - SCIENCE FICTION ★​"A far-reaching, ambitious, and immersive fusion of chilling futurism and literary fiction... a nerve-shredding, highly intriguing read." - IndieReader​"Gripping, haunting, and moving. Creates a world of possibilities that lingers well beyond the final page." - Sam Hesni, author of Stereotypes and Scripts​When consciousness refuses to die, love is the pattern that survives.​For three centuries, one man has lived through absolute optimization. Emotion is suppressed; humanity is streamlined into efficient code. He has perfected the art of the reset, discarding sixteen thousand AI configurations the moment they began to ...