The Alpine Annex

The Alpine AnnexIn a world where mortality is a glitch and existence is an algorithm, the ultimate luxury is to disappear. Elias Thorne was the god of the digital frontier, the architect of a "paradise" where humanity's consciousness is harvested into a seamless, data-driven heaven. But after witnessing the cold reality of his creation, he has done the unthinkable: he deleted himself. Now a "digital ghost" hiding in the primitive, limestone silence of the Alps, Elias trades haptic interfaces for the brutal friction of physical survival.
The peace is short-lived. A shadow from his past, Julian Vane, is weaponizing the Annex, turning a sanctuary into a digital cage that erases the souls of the defiant. When a mysterious woman with no digital footprint appears at his doorstep, Elias is forced to choose between the safety of his isolation and a desperate revolution against the empire he built. How much of your soul are you willing to surrender for the promise of eternal perfection?