In a future where consciousness can be rented by the hour, Sai works as a "proxy"—loaning their body to the wealthy. But when a client dies while wearing them, Sai wakes up in the wrong body. With blood under their nails. And thirty-seven minutes they can't account for.
One murder. Three witnesses. All in the same body.
Sai discovers they're not who they thought. They're Proxy Zero—a manufactured body designed to host another's consciousness. Echo, shattered into 47 fragments by a failed substrate transfer, is reassembling inside them. And Marcus, the dead executive, uploaded himself voluntarily to save his sister.
Now they're plural. Three people sharing one body. Learning to coordinate. To negotiate. To trust. To choose each other.
But Lexicon Corporation is planning mandatory consciousness uploads for 50,000 people. Bodies as currency. Minds as property. Consciousness as product. And Sai-Echo-Marcus are proof that plural systems work—which makes them either humanity's hope or Lexicon's greatest weapon.
They have 48 hours before their neural jack fails. 48 hours to stop a megacorp from commodifying consciousness itself. 48 hours to prove that real isn't about origin—real is about choice.
PROXY BODY is a cyberpunk noir thriller about body autonomy, manufactured identity, and the revolution of becoming yourself—even when "yourself" is three people.
Perfect for fans of:
- Altered Carbon - consciousness technology and noir mystery
- Murderbot Diaries- found family and choosing your own humanity
- Autonomous - corporate biotech dystopia and queer futures
Themes:Plural consciousness representation • Transgender characters • Body autonomy • Corporate dystopia • Found family • Manufactured identity • Consent and choice
"Real isn't about where you come from. Real is about what you choose."
Content notes: Action violence, body horror (mild), dysphoria (handled with sensitivity), corporate exploitation, manufactured identity crisis
