Phantom Code

In a not-so-distant future, the world's most wanted man — known only by his codename Cain — vanishes without a trace after decades of high-profile crimes, assassinations, and data heists. As law enforcement agencies worldwide deploy hyper-advanced facial recognition AI to track fugitives, Cain's face starts popping up across the globe — in Brazil, Japan, Nigeria, Germany — but it's never actually him. Through cutting-edge illegal biotech, Cain sold (or gifted) his facial blueprint to dozens of people, allowing criminals, fugitives, or just desperate individuals to wear his identity. Meanwhile, Cain himself has undergone a complete transformation, hiding in plain sight. Now, a rogue investigator — former agent Maya Radebe, who lost everything in her last encounter with Cain — is determined to uncover the truth behind the scattered sightings. Her search forces her to navigate a dark underworld of identity-hackers, neural forgers, and memory merchants. But as she gets closer, she discovers something terrifying: Cain isn't just trying to hide — he's planning one final global act that could destabilize governments, crash economies, and erase billions of digital identities... including hers.