BMutasim
The world thinks it has found peace. It has only found a very quiet way to lie.
In the year 2044, the "Era of Great Peace" is absolute. History has been scrubbed, wars have been forgotten, and the nations of the world are united under a banner of sterile safety.
Veritās Nilson is the only crack in the glass.
Born with the blood of a forgotten, eradicated tribe, Veritās is a biological anomaly living in the suburbs. He is faster than a vehicle, stronger than industrial machinery, and burdened with a terrifying imperative: Hold. Back.
For eighteen years, he has lived as a ghost, hiding his golden eyes and tectonic strength behind a mask of mediocrity. But when a mandatory military draft drags him into the public eye, the mask begins to slip.
Deployed to the desolate borderlands, Veritās finds himself caught in a shadow war between two superpowers: the technological tyranny of Hismoria and the biological horrors of the Mereon Insurgency. Facing a sadistic enemy commander who shares his bloodline but none of his restraint, Veritās must make an impossible choice: watch his squad die to keep his secret, or unleash the monster inside and become the very thing the world fears most.
But as the chemical fog rolls over the battlefield, Veritās realizes that Hismoria and Mereon are not the only players on the board.
Deep in the static of the world's silence, something else is watching. A gaze from the far North-ancient, isolated, and divine-has turned its eyes toward the boy with the golden nervous system.
The war for the border is just a distraction. The real hunt is about to begin.