Falling Cities
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IS LIFE WORTH LIVING IF YOU LIVE FOR TECHNOLOGY?
TIB, the most advanced AI system to date has built and maintained a flourishing city in the mountains of Colorado.
Its citizens have no memory of their life before. Nor hope for time after.
But is life worth living if you live for a single technological system?
When Veris and Foster, two young and naive citizens are freed of their mental bonds by a team of scientists led by a mysterious woman woman, can they adapt to themselves and each other in time before TIB catches them and puts an end to this useless attempt at freeing the people of the city?
Are humans truly strong enough, or will computers take over?
- INSPIRED IN PART BY BIG BROTHER IN GEORGE ORWELL'S NOVEL 1984-
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