Chronophage

Time can be stolen. Years can vanish overnight. Seconds can disappear without warning. And in the city of Veridion, reality itself is starting to unravel. Detective Aria Mercer has spent her life observing, acting carefully, and protecting lives. But when she encounters cases that defy logic - people aging decades in a single night, missing hours, and a mysterious network feeding on stolen time - she realizes the rules of her world are breaking.
With her colleague Mara Vega and the brilliant, enigmatic hacker Nyx, Aria plunges into a web of overlapping timelines, shifting memories, and ethical dilemmas that test everything she believes about right, wrong, and responsibility. Every decision carries weight. Every second has consequences. And one mistake could unravel the very fabric of the city. As the Chronophage network collapses, Aria must confront versions of herself from failed realities, navigate a city teetering between order and chaos, and decide which version of the world deserves to survive.
When the city resets, nothing will be exactly the same, and the echoes of stolen time will linger. Chronophage is a thrilling, ethically driven sci-fi adventure about vigilance, responsibility, and the power of choices - a story where time is fragile, and only those willing to protect it can shape the future.