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Genesis (Man vs Machine #1)

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Reads 3,673
Votes 361
Parts 34
Time 6h 49m

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What if there was a lie in your head? What if your entire life was never yours? And what if you could be erased in a second? 

Nineteen year old Lieutenant Warner has spent the entirety of his two-year career searching for the Core. The heart of the Titans; artificially-intelligent military robots that have ravaged the earth. 
Sol Hughes is an errand-boy at Embert Industries, the megacorporation that produces robots. One day, he overhears a conversation that changes his life, and nearly everyone else's. Forever. 

Sol makes a terrifying discovery that leads to him making a decision that could cost everything. Later, Warner's path crosses Sol's in the most unlikely of ways, and he gradually unravels the link between Sol's memories and the apocalypse. 

But is that enough to destroy the Core?

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