Koa’s Story
He built it.
But he can’t control how it’s used.
Or who it breaks.
“You almost sound like you know him,” I say.
Dr. Han removes his glasses and wipes them on his shirt.
“Koa Ka’imi,” he says, nodding. “Brilliant. His vision for CARRY was about preservation, truth, and understanding. But it was repurposed for intel gathering. Then hijacked, and sometimes even turned into something dark. Torturous.”
- The Things We Would Bear
Ben’s Story
The population has collapsed. Connections severed. Cities have become hubs.
And somewhere out west, thousands of invasive autonomous machines are drilling for what's left of the earth's resources.
When Ben Forster joins the inaugural class of the Human Military Unit, he must determine if he's fighting machines or becoming one.
