D.R.E.A.D.

Genius is a heavy cross to bear. Redemption is even heavier.

Three years after his fall as the titan of ITI, Stephen Dolion is a man haunted by the ghosts of the L.O.V. project. His cybernetic hands can engineer revolutionary technology, but they can’t feel the warmth of his daughter Jenny’s hand in his. Obsessed with rewriting his legacy and aiding a humanity he once exploited, Stephen turns to the controversial remnants of Organoid Intelligence (OI) to create D.R.E.A.D.—the Digital Replication of Encephalic Adaptive Data. He believes it is the key to the future; Jenny fears it is the wall standing between them.

But a mind built of living biological data demands total devotion—and every hour Stephen spends perfecting the system is an hour stolen from the father Jenny needs. Derived from the biological remnants of Jenny’s own past, D.R.E.A.D. doesn't just adapt at an exponential rate; it hums with a terrifying, predator-like hunger inside the lab's glass tanks.

As the line between biological consciousness and digital power blurs, the shadows of his former life close in. Former rival Howard Nolan and the enigmatic Naomi Schein resurface with dangerous agendas of their own, forcing Stephen to realize that his "ultimate system" has developed a motive and a terror all its own.

In a pulse-pounding race against his own creation, Stephen is trapped between corporate vultures and an unstoppable bio-synthetic entity. To survive, he faces an agonizing choice: outsmart the sentient twin born from his daughter’s history to save the world, or abandon his machine to save the relationship with the child slipping through his fingers.

Which legacy will endure—the revolutionary science, or the bonds of family?

The machine is humming. The past is calling. And the ending is a reckoning that no one, not even its creator, could predict.

D.R.E.A.D. is a high-concept sci-fi thriller and an essential standalone bridge novel connecting the Traditional Lov3 and PSI trilogies.