Ashes of Redemption

In a city governed by digital gods, the most dangerous weapon is a gear that doesn't belong. Conny Vance is a man of "invisible proportions"-a divorced father and clumsy technician who prefers the rhythmic ticking of clocks to the crushing silence of his own life. But when a desperate debt forces him to bypass the high-security Oakhaven vault, he discovers that even the most precise calculations can't account for a betrayal.
Framed for a cold-blooded murder and hunted by a shadowy enforcer known as the Ghost of Blackwood, Conny is thrust into a "Cold Mountain Pursuit" through an industrial underworld. In his kit, he carries a heavy, etched brass cylinder-an ancient analog override capable of seizing the city's entire electrical lifeblood. As the "Aegis Protocol" tightens its digital noose, Conny must decide if he is a mere gear in a corrupt machine or the "First Fracture" that will bring the system to its knees.
Every second counts in a world where time heals nothing-it only runs out. When the city's heart stops beating, who will survive the silence?