The Sovereign, Part One (The Sovereign Saga #1)

The Sovereign, Part One (The Sovereign Saga #1)

Author: Jamie McGuire Listening Length: 16h 48m
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At the dawn of the Birth Crisis, AI behemoth Hyperion Systems delivered its answer: perfection. Two centuries later, the descendants of those who called it salvation still kneel to its design. In their city-state of Hyperion Proper, conformity isn’t forced—it’s earned. Adversity has been eliminated, crime is nonexis...

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The private convocation room Hecta had reserved for the Tethering Vows felt like an exception to everything Hyperion usually celebrated.

There were no mirrored walls reflecting back endless versions of ourselves, no holography, no reactive transpane shimmering with overlays or pulsing ambient soundscapes.

Warm light pooled from a suspended halo fixture above a circular platform of muted stone.

The walls, a pale taupe edged in ivory molding, curved gently around us like the pause before breath turns to words.