Sophia has always known something is wrong with the world. The constant hum of the city, the predictable patterns of the commuters, the unblinking, glassy stare of the crowd?it all feels like a flawless, automated lie.

When she discovers that the people around her are not truly alive but preserved templates used by unseen Architects to fuel a vast, terrifying simulation, her paranoia becomes reality. Driven by the disappearance of a friend, Sophia descends into the mechanical Projection Core beneath the city. Now, she must choose between maintaining the beautiful, protective lie and plunging the world into the Quiet?a metaphysical oblivion the Architects are desperately fighting to contain.