After awakening an ancient cosmic rift beneath the DAWN Colony, scientist Evelyn and her team discover Mars is no dead world. It is a living enigma, humming with forgotten power. Guided by the enigmatic *Architects*—beings of light and shadow who warn of humanity’s past failures—they learn to wield the planet’s hidden energy grid, reshaping its deserts into habitable terrain through harmonic resonance. But every step forward comes at a cost.
As Evelyn synchronizes with the alien technology, she uncovers a terrifying the energy grid was never meant to terraform. It is a prison, built by a lost civilization to contain a force older than Mars itself. Now, their experiments have cracked its seals. Strange signals pulse from the depths, distortions ripple through the grid, and a primordial presence stirs beneath their feet—one that hungers for freedom.
Tensions fracture the team. Cass doubts Evelyn’s mysterious connection to the alien systems. Taro races to stabilize the collapsing harmonics. And Asha uncovers ruins that whisper of a civilization erased for reaching too far. To save Mars, Evelyn must master forces that unraveled worlds before hers. But as the rift expands and the Architects withdraw, she faces an impossible embrace her role as a conduit for cosmic power… or sever the grid and doom humanity’s future.
Hope Jones is the wife of her very own alpha male and the mother of four beautiful daughters. She lives in a small town in South Carolina, but was born in Brunswick, GA. She's always had a love for reading, even at a young age thrillers always interested her. As she got older, romance mixed with some thriller/suspense became her obsession. If you can't find Hope glued to her Kindle, you'll usually find her chasing her girls around, running her hectic household, and plotting stories for the alpha men that have taken over her mind.