The system that runs the world is a lie. The shutdown was just the beginning.Declan Hayes is a top-tier lawyer whose intellect is hardwired to a powerful AI. But when a nationwide system crash plunges the city into chaos, his mind is wiped clean, and the murder case that could make his career is left in digital ruins.Stripped of his greatest weapon, Declan discovers the crash wasn't an accident-it was a conspiracy. To uncover the truth, he must team up with a cynical hacker and a street-smart survivor, navigating a world where technology is a weapon and trust is a forgotten currency.As they peel back the layers of deception, they find themselves in the crosshairs of Operation X-Dust, a shadowy plot to control not just the flow of information, but humanity itself. Can a man who has lost his own mind save a world that is losing its freedom?