Part 1: The Gathering The conference room was beige. Aggressively beige. Beige walls, beige carpet, beige chairs in rows like stoic little soldiers preparing for an ecumenical war. The only thing that wasn’t beige was the pedestal in the center—obsidian black and so pristine it looked like a Photoshop layer […]Read more »
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The early morning hours of July 19, 2024, were chaotic as millions of computers worldwide were thrown into disarray. A software update from CrowdStrike, intended to bolster the security of their Falcon Sensor, instead triggered a catastrophic failure. Systems across the globe experienced crashes, bootloops, and severe operational disruptions, affecting […]Read more »
John Mason was a name that would soon become infamous. A mid-level operative caught in the gears of a vast conspiracy, he had no idea that his ordinary life was about to be shattered. Unbeknownst to him, forces far more powerful than he could imagine were setting him up to […]Read more »
The morning sun glinted off the glass towers of the city as Thomas Ellison’s convoy made its way through the crowded streets. He sat in the back of his armored limousine, reviewing his speech for the rally that afternoon. His campaign had gained unprecedented momentum, and today’s event was expected […]Read more »