The Ash That Raised Me
READING AGE 16+
When the government launched the Protocol, they did not warn anyone.They did not negotiate.They simply erased entire sectors in the name of order.Zarek Vail lost everything in a single night.His parents. His siblings. His home. His world.Now he walks the ruins of humanity with ash in his veins and fire in his chest, hunted by the machines created to replace the people they slaughtered.But Zarek is no longer the frightened boy who watched his family die.He is a survivor made of grief, rage, and the quiet promise that he will burn their empire to the ground.The government wanted obedience.The AI wanted control.But they created something else instead.A reckoning.
Unfold
The Ghost Sector was not safe. Zarek knew that immediately. The city above burned and smoked, the government drones patrolling the streets like relentless predators. But underground, in the hidden layers of collapsed buildings and forgotten tunnels, life existed. Not the life of sunlight and comfort, but survival in its rawest form. Here,……
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