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By 2126, society has been reshaped by Wendell Cooper’s “Cooper Caps,” which allow humans to relive, store, and share memories. While transformative, these shared experiences, combined with augmented reality bots, have led to a collective truth, stifling individuality and erasing irony and parody.

Saila Pinkerton, a researcher at the Cooper Memory Institute, uncovers a strange, universal memory shared by her study participants: a round, dimly lit ring or disc. Strangely, she holds the same memory with no identifiable origin. Teaming up with her childhood friend Derek Ross, a skilled programmer, and an iconographer, Saila discovers the memory is a deliberate message embedded in the universe’s Fabric by an unknown intelligence.

The memory, fading rapidly, connects to the Fall of 2076, a tragedy that claimed over 40 million lives. Racing against time, Saila and her team—Derek, Erik Woods, Kavi Batra, and Marco Fabrizio—dig into the past, uncovering ties between the gate and the Fall. Their work suggests humanity unknowingly received the key to unlocking the gate during a first contact.

As they close in on the truth, dark forces linked to the Fall resurface, determined to stop them. The gate holds the promise of discovery—or the risk of destruction. Time is running out.