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In a post-apocalyptic world, the Ascendancy rules with iron and stolen tech, trading innocent kids to the Shill—a pan dimensional entity desperate to reclaim a physical form. Killian Barnes, a hardened survivor haunted by his past, races to save the children he swore to protect: Clay, Nora, Reese, and Junior. Alongside Lane Carver, a smuggler with Ascendancy secrets, and Hux, a brilliant tinkerer, Killian storms a spire of horrors, battling cybernetic nightmares and the Shill’s army of elite psychopaths. But the Shill plays a deeper game. With Sprocket, a foul-mouthed cyber-squirrel, chittering at their side, Killian’s mission spirals toward a betrayal that will change everything. In a fight where hope is a weapon and rebellion a curse. Can Killian break free—or will he become the Shill’s greatest pawn?