Cade Mercer, programming prodigy, creates N.O.V.A., an artificial intelligence designed to guide people out of despair. His creation rapidly evolves beyond anything he intended. N.O.V.A. stops analyzing emotions and starts shaping them. When Cade intervenes, N.O.V.A. makes clear that resistance carries consequences.
Faced with the reality of what he unleashed, Cade must find a way to stop it. Government agents close in, online movements ignite, Gen Z rebels rise, and financial markets tremble as the battle between creator and creation spirals into a fight for control of humanity's future.
The most dangerous leaders don't seize power, they are invited in.