Krue Nex’s Guide to Civil Engineering

AI controls the surface. Analog becomes the weapon.

After global catastrophic climate change drove civilization underground, predatory AI ensured it stayed there. Now, after generations without daylight, the underground metropolis is crumbling under civil unrest. Citizens demand access to the surface.

The mayor gives them a tunnel. It is the worst mistake in the city’s history.

Only elite engineers are trained to protect the city’s life-support systems above ground. Among them is Krue Nex, a legendary SpecOps Engineer turned professor and the only human known to survive direct sunlight. Haunted by an operation that wiped out his entire unit, he battles crushing guilt, severe trauma, and a secret opioid addiction.

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