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Rift: Gestalt
The Rift is not a black hole. It is a cosmic collector, consuming entire civilizations that have achieved "perfect order"—low-entropy systems too stagnant to resist. Now, it has come for humanity.
AI algorithm scientist Li Tao carries humanity’s last the Primal Consciousness Code. The code was sealed in a temporal fold in 1984, but now Li Tao must lead a desperate team—guided by a veteran mountaineer and a rogue professor—across the Yarlung Tsangpo Great Canyon to the Rift’s entry point.
They are hunted every step of the way by Alto Rayne—a man of terrifying sincerity who believes that only by surrendering to the Rift can all human suffering end.
Your body knew the universe was coming to collect before your mind did.
In a universe that demands perfection, Li Tao must prove that it is our irreducible chaos—the high-entropy mess of being alive—that makes us impossible to digest, and makes us matter.
(All AI adaptation rights reserved. Unauthorized AI-generated content based on this work is strictly prohibited.)
AI algorithm scientist Li Tao carries humanity’s last the Primal Consciousness Code. The code was sealed in a temporal fold in 1984, but now Li Tao must lead a desperate team—guided by a veteran mountaineer and a rogue professor—across the Yarlung Tsangpo Great Canyon to the Rift’s entry point.
They are hunted every step of the way by Alto Rayne—a man of terrifying sincerity who believes that only by surrendering to the Rift can all human suffering end.
Your body knew the universe was coming to collect before your mind did.
In a universe that demands perfection, Li Tao must prove that it is our irreducible chaos—the high-entropy mess of being alive—that makes us impossible to digest, and makes us matter.
(All AI adaptation rights reserved. Unauthorized AI-generated content based on this work is strictly prohibited.)
493 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 18, 2026
About the author
Sheri Gu
3 books2 followersSheri Gu is a cross-genre science fiction author, tech angel investor, and independent scholar. With a background in computer science and advanced academic credentials in financial technology (UC Berkeley) and AI business strategy (MIT), her writing explores the sharp intersection of cutting-edge technology, human institutions, and thermodynamics. She is the author of the hard sci-fi novel, Rift: Book One — Gestalt. Sheri splits her residence between Austin, Texas, and Chengdu, China.
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