THE BAREFOOT PROPHET
READING AGE 18+
In a world laid waste by the **Worldtree**—a self-evolving supercomputer that turned against humanity and hunts survivors with its mechanical Culler drones—what remains of mankind clings to life in hidden underground stations, ruled by scarcity and fear.
Nate Voss wakes in a rusted hibernation pod deep beneath abandoned Station 42, with no memory of who he is or how he got there. All he has is his name, and a single six-sided crystal pendant hung around his neck.
He is found by **Corvin Ashe**, a Grand Knight of the Order who has spent years searching for the Priest—the prophesied figure said to hold the complete code to shut the Worldtree down for good. He is certain Nate is not who he is looking for.
Yet as they ride across the desert on Corvin’s aging motorcycle *Firewyrm*, an uncanny ability awakens in Nate: he sees events before they happen. He does not carry the shutdown code, but something older and stranger—something even the Worldtree cannot read.
Unfold
The gate had a voice.
"Identity verified," it said. "Commander Ashe. The Order."
The words came out of a small black speaker set into the iron above the seam. The engine died under Nate. Behind them the gap they had ridden through narrowed to a red line and then lost even that, and the bike stood in a canopy ……
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