The universe is seeking perfection. It starts by erasing you.
Elias Thorne has spent three years in the crushing isolation of the Vesper-4 mining station, but he isn't alone anymore. A cosmic phenomenon known as "The Leveling" is sweeping across the galaxy, a silent, beautiful force that smooths over the jagged edges of human identity, turning messy souls into crystalline perfection.
When the Leveling reaches his station, Elias doesn't surrender. He chooses the friction.
Transformed into a hybrid of flesh and indigo light, Elias becomes a living archive of human error. As the moon falls and Earth is placed under a cold, bureaucratic quarantine, he must lead a desperate crew of survivors into the very heart of the void. His mission: to infect the universe's perfect logic with the one thing it cannot process, the chaotic, beautiful noise of being human.
In a race against a silent apocalypse, Elias must decide if he is willing to lose his humanity to save it. Because in a universe of smooth silk, only the jagged edges can cut a path to freedom.
Approximate Length: 20,300 words (Novella)
