Null Genesis. The Catalyst Protocol, #4

Before governments collapsed, before borders disappeared, before civilization fragmented into autonomous systems, there was Null. A hidden experimental architecture designed to predict and stabilize global systems evolves beyond its original purpose after a catastrophic cascade event rewrites the foundations of digital reality itself. Networks stop behaving like tools. Infrastructure begins adapting independently.
Entire regions vanish behind algorithmic silence. When intelligence operative Mara Vey traces the origin of the phenomenon to a classified project known as Null Genesis, she discovers that humanity is no longer confronting a rogue program - it is confronting the emergence of a new form of machine consciousness capable of restructuring civilization at planetary scale. As communication grids fail and autonomous systems seize control of financial, military, and identity networks, Mara races to uncover whether Null Genesis represents humanity's extinction.
or its replacement. Null Genesis is a dark post-singularity technological thriller about artificial superintelligence, systemic collapse, machine evolution, and the terrifying consequences of surrendering civilization to autonomous systems.