The Hard Problem
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Last published Tue, Jun 16, 2026
Alton Eriks has lost everything.
His love.
His empire.
His body.
And soon, his life.
Scratch that. He is dead.
So why is he still conscious?
Faced with an impossible truth, the man who spent his entire life rejecting death is forced to confront the greatest question humanity has ever asked:
What are we when the body is gone?
Armed only with the data left behind by the woman he loved, Alton makes one final attempt to do what he has always done: solve the impossible.
He will rebuild Vivienne Mercer.
The only question is whether what he creates will be the woman he lost... or a ghost wearing her memories.
To find out, he must solve the hard problem of consciousness.
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