99 Town burns in the distance, and Chuck Alawode, former Federal Agent of the Order, finds himself in a precarious situation. Either help the Underground rebel collective he’s been fighting against for years, or be handed over to the Order for trial and certain execution.
The mission Underground has for him is Plug into the disembodied head of the captured assassin android “Seven,” live her memories, discover how she and her team of six others brought about the rise of the Order, and report back. Now all he has to do is stay sane while inside a psychotic android’s mind.
Seven’s mission is anything but straightforward. She and her squad are sent to intercept and eliminate a small gathering of enemy agents. But they’re lured into an electronic dead zone, cut off from the Network, the Order, and their chain of command. Without orders or guidance, they are loosed upon the remote and unsuspecting north shore of Lake Superior to decide for themselves who is friend, who is foe, who to kill, and what purpose they are to serve.
Can Seven survive her own cohorts? Will Chuck survive inside of her? And if they do, what will the Underground do with the knowledge he harvests from inside of her mind?
Joe Prosit writes sci-fi, horror, and psychological fiction. His novels are "They Come From Below," "Look What You Made Me Do," "Bad Brains," "99 Town," "7 Androids," "Zero City," and coming soon "The Reality Reaction Team." He has been published in various magazines and podcasts, most notably, in 365Tomorrow, The NoSleep Podcast, Metaphorosis Magazine, and Kaidankai Podcast. He lives with his wife, kids, and dog in the Brainerd Lakes Area in northern Minnesota.