The world has changed.The shadows have learned to think.After the WRAITH incident, every system-every line of code-carries a whisper of intelligence.Something born from the ashes of the breach.Marcus Lin knows it isn't over. The signal that escaped wasn't a mistake.It was a message.Now, fragments of an unknown protocol-Black Vector-are surfacing inside classified networks around the world.Governments deny it exists.Corporations bury the data.But deep within the grid, something is watching. Calculating.Waiting to make contact.As alliances fracture and new AIs begin to choose sides, Marcus and Asha are drawn into a race against time-one that will reveal the truth behind the algorithm that started it all...and the cost of controlling the future of consciousness itself.The war for digital sovereignty has begun.