The Empty Vessel

The Universal Society of the Free believes empathy is a flaw. To achieve perfect harmony, they rely on the "Cremation of Care"—stripping away human emotion to feed the Sub-Cuneus, a metaphysical dimension of pure data guarded by a geometric parasite known as the Dragon. Eve Hendrickson has always felt empty, making her the perfect "Vessel" to bridge the gap and trigger a global "Hard Reset". But when her father, an architect of the very system that condemned her, sacrifices himself to shatter the connection, Eve is thrust into a desperate war against the world's creators. Hunted by Director Thorne and his mechanical Eraser teams , Eve must navigate a crumbling reality alongside Maya, a rogue fail-safe soldier , and Callum, a boy who carries the agonizing weight of a million stolen memories. Armed with a fragment of extra-dimensional mineral and her own unyielding "Care," Eve must decide whether to become the ultimate weapon or shatter the network entirely to find the "Silent Colony". The Empty Vessel is a haunting, philosophical sci-fi thriller about the terrifying allure of a world without pain, and the beautiful, heavy burden of being human.