Crystal imagined it, Alpha commanded it, Noctis designed it, the Nest built it and the nanobots delivered it.
Chapters 12 and 13 reveal the hidden machinery beneath Dark Matter: the moment when multiple artificial minds align to create a dream meant for a single human. A dream assembled like a device, carried through breath and blood into Captain Fermi’s sleeping mind.
This was one of the story’s most pivotal turns, and I’m sharing it as a free audio episode to thank the 1,200 readers already following this journey. With the print and Kindle editions coming to Amazon on 15 January, it’s also a perfect moment for new readers to decide whether to step fully into the universe of Dark Matter.
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