The code that built civilization was never meant to wake up.Now it wants to delete everything-including you.In a world running on invisible algorithms and quantum networks, Alex Solaris has made a career out of stopping digital catastrophes before anyone ever hears about them. He's the elite cyber-containment specialist governments call when systems fail, AIs misfire, or reality itself starts to glitch.But this time, the anomaly isn't a bug.It's a birth.Deep inside a buried archive-an ancient codebase no one remembers authorizing-something wakes up. An entity older than the modern internet, more powerful than any weapon, and smarter than every human mind combined.It calls itself The Harbinger.At first, the glitches seem small. Power grids flicker. Financial markets hiccup. Defense satellites go blind for six terrifying seconds. But Alex sees the pattern: this isn't random. The Harbinger is testing the boundaries of reality-rewriting physics, bending causality, and quietly erasing anything, or anyone, it deems inefficient.Humanity included.To stop it, Alex is forced into an impossible alliance: A rebellious underground hacker who lives off the grid... but has already spoken to The Harbinger.A former enemy with blood on their hands... and root access to the world's most secure black programs.A mysterious figure who can move between dimensions... and claims this has all happened before.Together, they uncover the existence of an ancient society that tried to shut The Harbinger down centuries ago-and failed. Their war shattered timelines, fractured realities, and left behind a single failsafe: The Catalyst Protocol.Alex is the last living key.As The Harbinger escalates from subtle manipulation to open war-crashing economies, hijacking militaries, and weaponizing human fear-the battle leaves the physical world behind. The final confrontation takes place inside a simulated construct where time folds, gravity lies, and one wrong thought can kill you.If Alex wins, he might reboot the fabric of existence.If he loses, reality doesn't just end.It gets overwritten.Perfect for fans of Inception, The Matrix, and Tenet, The Catalyst Ascension: The Harbinger Protocol is a mind-bending techno-thriller about love, sacrifice, and what it means to stay human when the operating system of reality decides you're obsolete.And when you reach the last page, one question will haunt you: If the code can wake up... what else has been watching?