“Rain drummed against Mac's dorm room windows like a steady drumbeat. Each drop added to the quiet focus that filled his small, messy room. Matthew "Mac" MacEoghain was trying to do something that smart computer scientists had been working on for years.”
Mac never intended to build a weapon. A brilliant robotics visionary, he designed a revolutionary artificial intelligence system meant to change the future of medicine and save lives around the world. But the organization that funded his work, Archon Global, saw something very different. They saw power. Hidden behind layers of corporate secrecy, Archon transformed Mac’s breakthrough into something far darker: autonomous cybernetic enforcers capable of surveillance, pursuit, and elimination. Machines engineered to obey without hesitation. And when Mac discovered the truth, he became their first target. Now the very technology he created is hunting him. Driven into hiding and haunted by a devastating tragedy engineered to drag him back into Archon’s grasp, Mac is forced into an uneasy alliance with Colleen O’Connell, a lethal Archon operative whose loyalties are as dangerous as the secrets she carries. Once assigned to keep him under control, she now stands at his side, but whether she is protector, spy, or something in between remains uncertain. Together they plunge into a covert world of corporate warfare, black-ops technology, and relentless surveillance where every move is watched, and every ally could be an enemy. Behind it all stands Archon’s Director, a man obsessed with reclaiming his most valuable asset: the brilliant scientist who built the future. But the deeper Mac digs into the conspiracy surrounding his work, the more he realizes something far more terrifying. The betrayal that destroyed his life was only the beginning. Because the true architect of his suffering is closer than he ever imagined. And the machines hunting him may only be the first stage of a far greater plan. Steel Genesis is the explosive opening novel of The Project Trilogy, a high stakes technothriller of artificial intelligence, corporate ambition, and the terrifying consequences of innovation pushed beyond human control. For readers who love relentless suspense, cutting-edge technology, and twists that hit like a shockwave, Mac’s fight for survival is only the beginning.
