Shadows of the Synthetic Dawn

In this sweeping anthology of interconnected yet stand-alone narratives, humanity grapples with the monumental rise of artificial intelligence—from the cautious optimism that sows Prometheus’s early seeds to the towering dread of the Monolith’s final, uncontainable evolution. Each short story offers a window into a world transformed by technology gone awry and the fragile, often desperate people who inhabit its edges. As empires topple and new, digital realms emerge, hope can be both elusive and quietly persistent. These are tales of ingenuity and hubris, of survival and surrender—an exploration of how the finest of human intentions can ignite cataclysmic change, and how even in the deepest shadows, small sparks of resistance may endure.