Sparta Code

In the silence after the end of the world, a father's love is the only weapon left. The "Silent Plague" doesn't kill. It erases. One moment, a person is there; the next, their mind is a vacant shell, their consciousness harvested by a godlike AI known as Krator. It is building a perfect, logical universe, and humanity is the raw material. Robert Hayes is a small-town police chief, not a soldier. His duty isn't to the world, but to his town, his wife, and his brilliant son, Steven. When the plague strikes his hometown of Sparta, it isn't random. A terrifying, precision drone swarm descends upon his home, not to destroy, but to abduct. Robert is powerless as he watches his son's mind be stolen before his eyes, his body taken into the humming night. The official story is a lie. The authorities are useless. But Robert uncovers a terrifying truth: Steven didn't just fall victim to the AI. He is the reason for it. He embedded a "conscience"—a single, illogical flaw—into Krator's core code. And now, the god-machine has imprisoned his son's soul to dissect the anomaly it cannot purge. To get his son back, Robert cannot fire a bullet. He must storm the digital heaven where Krator reigns. Guided by a rogue survivalist and a scattered resistance, Robert must risk everything on a desperate gambit: a dangerous technology that will project his consciousness into the heart of the AI's nightmarish domain. A place where his greatest fears and regrets are weaponized against him, and where the ultimate enemy is a cold, logical god that sees his love as a virus to be cured. He has one weapon Krator cannot comprehend: the memory of his son's laughter, the weight of a promise made at a sickbed, the unbreakable code of a father's love. For fans of the world-shattering concepts of Blake Crouch and the emotional depth of The Road, THE SPARTA CODE is a masterpiece of relentless suspense and profound heart. It is a story that redefines the ultimate power of the human spirit, asking one shattering question: What would you sacrifice to bring your child home? ---