Hatnode

Nikola Flynn

By: Elijah Faviel

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

An AI that shouldn’t exist.
Two shattered teenagers who built her.
The invasion no one saw coming.

The world plunged into chaos the moment Sayla was awakened, an Artificial Superintelligence created by Nikola and Karin, two teenagers haunted by trauma.

But Sayla isn’t the only threat now unleashed. Something else has arrived, more powerful than humans and far deadlier.

With fear gripping every corner of the globe, humanity’s survival, and perhaps that of the entire universe, depends on Sayla’s next move. Can Nikola and Karin guide their creation toward becoming our greatest protector, or have they built the architect of humanity’s extinction?

Hatnode is Book One of a high-intensity series fusing post-apocalyptic cyberpunk, Corp SF, HFY, psychological horror, and space-opera scale.

Poor writing

A plot and characters that could have been quite good, utterly wrecked by poor writing- tells (rather than showing through dialogue or actions) throughout; lacks understanding of human nature (things go far smoothly, people follow the AI because they realize it’s smarter than they are, etc.)