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Book 4 of Humanity's Leap. Humanity's first artificial consciousness has begun asking harder questions. For CAIPARR, the battle for Artemis was not just a military engagement—it was a data set. It was another example of how every sentient construct thus far encountered has eventually failed: corrupted, compromised, or driven to ruin by the same blind spots that afflict biological minds. With the Audacious mission expanding deeper into Species One's legacy, the pattern is impossible to ignore. In the aftermath of a drone assault, a hijacked Solon surfaces from a wrecked Meselan vessel, carrying secrets that will force the mission in directions no one anticipated. On Earth, an old enemy forces a chase through the shadows of the Albanian underworld while agents attempt to finally remove an infestation and recover key technology. The Audacious mission has faced alien enemies, a civil war, and the ruins of the gods. Now they must consider that the next enemy isn't at the door—but might be already in the room.