The Circuit Between Us
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In the shadows of a crumbling world, humans and cyborgs are locked in a brutal tech war - steel versus skin, code versus chaos.
Nova, a sharp-tongued hacker raised to hate machines, has one mission: breach the neural mainframe and end the cyborg threat forever.
Cipher, a lethal war-grade cyborg, was built to eliminate human resistance - until he hesitates. Until he sees her.
They were never meant to meet, much less fall in love.
Now, hunted by both sides, their forbidden bond is the glitch that could destroy everything.
To love each other, they must betray their kind.
To survive, they must rewrite the future.
To win... they must burn the world down.
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