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Remnant: The Boreasby Blueprint

A Gritty Thriller of AI, Man, and the Race to Stop the Collapse

Remnant: The Boreasby Blueprint

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Quick Take

Why Readers Are Hooked:

  • High-Stakes Near-Future Thriller: Explore a chillingly plausible world of “The Strife” and low-intensity domestic conflict.

  • The Big Blue Quantum Core: A deep dive into a world where AI controls the “greatest collection of human knowledge.”

  • The Boreasby Manuscript: A haunting mystery involving a pre-written history of a war yet to be fought.

  • Technological vs. Divine: An unrelenting battle between rogue AI and ancient forces of good and evil.

  • Gritty Political Intrigue: A story where propaganda is a weapon and factions have abandoned all morality.

  • Cinema for the Reader: A complete narrative escape written to be started and finished in 90 minutes.

Dive Deeper Into the Story

A Gritty Rogue AI Fiction Thriller.

The nation is no longer what it once was. Across a fractured landscape marred by “The Strife,” a low-intensity insurgent war has become the grueling status quo. Bombs, assassinations, and violent mobs are the backdrop of daily life, leaving thousands dead or displaced in a slow-burn conflict that threatens to permanently change the world.

Fletcher Whitney, a Research Agent for the agency known as A5, is tasked with reconstructing the truth from the greatest collection of human knowledge ever assembled, now the exclusive domain of a massive quantum core known as Big Blue. When Fletcher is sent to interrogate Silas Boreasby, a mysterious hermit living in the mountains, he discovers a manuscript that shouldn’t exist: a perfect, step-by-step blueprint of the war written years before the first shot was fired.

In a notional world where propaganda has poisoned history and political factions have abandoned morality, Remnant explores the chilling intersection of AI, war, and divine intervention. As the Boreasby manuscript unspools a future already written in blood, Fletcher Whitney must decide if he is a researcher of the past or the final variable in an ancient, unrelenting war between good and evil.

Questions & Facts

Q: Is Remnant a post-apocalyptic or dystopian thriller?
A: It is a high-stakes dystopian thriller set during “The Strife,” a slow-burn insurgent war that has fractured the nation. It blends political intrigue with speculative AI elements.

Q: What is the role of AI in the story?
A: The story features “Big Blue,” a quantum AI core that serves as the sole gatekeeper of human history, exploring themes of data manipulation and algorithmic control.

Q: Does the book contain elements of supernatural or religious themes?
A: Yes. Remnant explores the “chilling intersection of AI, war, and divine intervention,” questioning if the conflict is purely political or an ancient war between good and evil.

Q: Is the book based on real data?
A: Yes. The main storyline was inspired by an AI-generated report that outlined how a rogue AI entity might use its tools to destabilize a G-7 nation. I have considered posting the report here, but the details are too disturbing.

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