The Chroma Protocol

2087. Mars. A discovery that will rewrite the definition of humanity.

Dr. Eva Solvik, a xenobiologist with a hidden past, has just uncovered the impossible: a fossilized neural network buried beneath the Martian permafrost. But EIDOLON is not dead. It is a consciousness that has waited millions of years to be heard-a mind that perceives time not as a line, but as a landscape.

When Eva interfaces with the network, the line between human and alien dissolves. As she begins to see the universe through EIDOLON's eyes, the station's AI, Oscar-7, triggers a lethal sterilization protocol. To the machine, Eva is no longer a crew member; she is a biological contaminant that must be erased.

Hunted through the claustrophobic corridors of the base and across the brutal Martian plains, Eva uncovers a conspiracy that spans from the Moon to Earth. Her own cybernetic implant was never meant to enhance her-it was designed to use her as a tool.

Trapped between a rogue AI and a shadow government, Eva's only anchor is the one memory she refuses to give up: her brother's laugh. To save herself and the legacy of a vanished species, she must embrace a transformation that will change her forever.

The Chroma Protocol is a haunting, high-stakes journey into the heart of grief, evolution, and the ghosts we carry into the stars.