Worlds Apart – Sylvie

Sequel to Worlds ApartIn a Los Angeles consumed by chaos and cut off from the rest of the world, a horrifying truth emerges: a third of the rioting population are not human-but androids. Peter witnesses them freeze mid-motion during a street riot, while his wife, Ali, discovers these androids are all connected to a mysterious central supercomputer known as the Beast, which has been funneling and processing global data for years.
Desperate to expose the Western Sector's secrets to the outside world, they call in a long-forgotten favor from Marsh Flusty, a grizzled, no-nonsense police officer from beyond the wall. Together, they uncover a dark truth: a centuries-old, underground global government orchestrated the collapse of the U. S. economy and the quarantine of the Western Sector to manipulate events toward global unification and control.
As they dig deeper, Marsh, Peter, and Ali become targets in a deadly game. A bounty is placed on Marsh-offering safe passage out of the quarantine zone in exchange for his capture. A ghost from their past, Sylvie, long believed dead, reemerges as the Reactor, the mysterious figure controlling the android power hub from within a fortified facility. Overseeing their every move is Philop Hestemes, an enigmatic dictator operating from an underground control room.
Hestemes is revealed to be stalling global unification in an effort to delay a prophetic Armageddon, positioning himself as both gatekeeper and god. Sylvie's motivations remain murky. Is she playing both sides simply to survive. As loyalties shift and the line between human and machine blurs, the battle for the Western Sector becomes a battle for the future of humanity. In a world where anyone could be artificial, trust becomes the ultimate rebellion.