Novus Dies By Schalk Holloway
The year is 2364. Robotics and advanced communication technology are failing inexplicably. As if in concert, hostile militant factions are adapting and attacking faster than the Collective—the preeminent society of the age—can respond.
The epicenter is the Durban Reclamation Zone. After a frightening robot-on-human attack, husband and wife operator team, Kate and Monty Park, are tasked to investigate.
Like all members of the Special Task Force, the Park’s are decorated and retired warfighters with proven track records, and usually only called in when security operations might need heavy hitters.
When the investigation starts unfolding at neck-breaking speed, the Parks quickly find themselves outside the Collective perimeter, in areas of the metro that have been long forgotten or that few even knew existed.
To make matters worse, they notice subtle signs that their squad of security robots might be going rogue, and they begin to question whether they can trust the hardware that they rely on to protect them.
Assets are destroyed, lives are lost, and before long the military is placed on standby. Throughout the upheaval and chaos, one thing becomes certain: what Kate and Monty Park discover in the next 72 hours will usher humanity into a new era.
