SoutherlyMemory77
In a world devastated by environmental collapse, Earth has become a frozen wasteland where temperatures plunge below -130°C. With the surface nearly uninhabitable, humanity survives in controlled habitats where pure oxygen is the most valuable resource, tightly controlled by the powerful Tripartite Coalition and divided among the impoverished Lower Sector, advanced Upper Sector, and ruling Mediator Assembly.
In the neglected Lower Sector, a pragmatic nurse struggles to keep people alive despite shortages of oxygen and medical supplies. Her trusted field logistics driver is quiet and dependable, but she soon discovers that he is secretly the Chief Mediator, the highest authority of the Coalition. Their lives are thrown into chaos when a deadly conspiracy frames them both for a crime that could destabilize the government.
Forced to flee together, they uncover corruption, political deception, and betrayal within the Coalition while their growing attraction becomes increasingly dangerous. To survive, they must expose the conspiracy and decide whether to protect the system that keeps humanity alive or risk everything to tear it down.