The Shattered Sky

When the sky breaks, the truth falls with it. Dr. Aris Thorne, a disgraced astrophysicist haunted by a ruined career and academic exile, is thrust back into the spotlight after a cataclysmic global event known as The Great Fracture shatters Earth's atmosphere - revealing impossible celestial mechanics and tearing holes in the veil of accepted science. As societies reel from tsunamis, atmospheric anomalies, and the collapse of satellite networks, Aris finds himself chasing echoes of a truth he once dared to suggest: the Earth is not what we've been told.
And the lie is older - and deeper - than anyone could have imagined. Pursued by the ruthless Aegis Directorate, a centuries-old shadow organization composed of world leaders, tech billionaires, and aerospace elites sworn to preserve the globe illusion, Aris uncovers suppressed data, ancient mechanisms, and a vast artificial structure surrounding the Earth. The sky was never natural. It was constructed - to keep humanity in.
With the help of Faultline, a rogue alliance of hackers, whistleblowers, and former insiders, Aris races to expose the conspiracy before the Directorate silences him forever. But what he discovers at the edge of the known world is far more than a cover-up - it's a test. A hidden machine. A countdown. A choice. Ascend or Reset. As society splinters into factions - some embracing chaos, others reaching for transcendence - Aris must decide if truth is worth the cost of unraveling civilization itself.
And when faced with the opportunity to lead humanity beyond the dome and into the unknown. he'll have to answer the question that destroyed his career:What if everything we know about the world is a lie?