In the shadow of the space elevator, the Halion Tether, new, artificial intelligence emerges forcing humanity to evolve, or die.

To Kill A Mockingbird with robots.

SYNOPSIS:

A world-weary detective ordered to retrieve an escaped synthetic humanoid must unravel a web of lies, and learn what it really means to be human, before it is too late.

Set in 2185 in the city of Moloch, New Africa, The story follows Detective Edwards, a human detective tasked with finding a missing synthetic named John (NPL-869) who had escaped from the United Adams Corporation and was living in the nearby "Freezone", a designated human-only area. John had been working as a surgeon in Moloch but disappeared just before being convicted of murdering a young girl named Claire. Edwards questions Claire's father, Ulysses, the current "Citizen Overseer" of Freezone running for re-election.

As John's sentencing nears, Edwards attends the public burning of John. Unable to watch John suffer, Edwards shoots and destroys John. He escapes with Jodi as the angry mob chases them. As they look at Moloch in the distance, Edwards vows to find evidence exposing Ulysses and solving Claire's murder. Edward’s believes the answers lay in Moloch, located under an asteroid called Sutherland Station, which was towed into orbit after the Great Proxy War between humans and synth’s.

BODY. ELECTRIC.