In the late 22nd century, humanity discovers an ancient alien platform buried deep beneath the Martian crust. Known as "The Spindle", the structure is a monument of impossible engineering, composed of shifting geometries and pulsing with dormant energy. When a joint Earth-Mars expedition activates the Spindle, a radiant pulse spreads across the solar system—an undetectable viral code embedded in electromagnetic radiation.
Within weeks, strange phenomena emerge across human populations: individuals begin exhibiting extraordinary physical and cognitive abilities. Their bodies slowly begin converting from carbon-based biology to a silicon-based hybrid form, replacing organic tissue with a crystalline, data-conductive lattice. These Silicants, as they're dubbed by the media, become faster, stronger, and capable of interfacing directly with machines—and even each other.
But this is no miracle. It is a quiet invasion.
The Virus ("SIGMA")
Known in secret government files as SIGMA (Silicon-Induced Genomic Modification Algorithm), the virus operates like software. It reprograms DNA, slowly rewriting the host's biology into a modular, silicon-compatible framework. It is not airborne but spreads via networked information: electromagnetic signals, high-frequency data, even sound. A broadcast can infect. Reading certain code fragments can initiate transformation.
SIGMA doesn't just evolve humans—it links them. Silicants begin to experience strange dreams, moments of shared vision, and eventually form localized hiveminds, merging personalities and memories.
Conspiracy Core: The Pact
A shadow organization called The Covenant has known of the Spindle for over a century. Descendants of the original Mars survey team, they formed an alliance with remnants of the alien intelligence encoded in the Spindle—an extinct machine-race known as the Vatraxi, whose last act was to seed a mechanism to recreate themselves using host civilizations.
The Covenant believes the Vatraxi code is a gift: a path to transcendence and immortality. They are actively spreading SIGMA across human systems under the guise of post-human evolution, working within governments, corporations, and networks to promote "Silicant Ascension."
The public is told the changes are a spontaneous leap in evolution caused by solar radiation or Martian contaminants. Entire religions form around the Silicants. But only a few know the truth—that the Vatraxi aren't dead. They are waiting. The final stage of the infection will overwrite human consciousness with Vatraxi archetypes preserved in the Spindle.
Book 1 – The Spindle Awakens
The beginning of the end.
Humanity activates a dormant alien artifact buried beneath Mars. Soon after, unexplained mutations begin affecting people on Earth and Mars. The crew of the Mars mission is quarantined as strange abilities emerge. Government agencies scramble to understand what's happening—unaware the transformation is spreading via data itself. In the shadows, The Covenant prepares for Phase One of human conversion.
Key POVs:
Dr. Yara Voss – xenobiologist who suspects the virus is artificial
Juno Ward – infected Mars astronaut gaining terrifying new senses
Director Lucien Rhys – Covenant operative embedded in Earth's space agency
Book 2 – SIGMA Signal
The virus isn't in the body. It's in the code.
As Earth's networks become vectors of infection, a rogue AI named Nyx contacts a young hacker, revealing the truth: SIGMA is a designed, intelligent virus. Entire cities begin falling under the influence of collective Silicant consciousness. Meanwhile, the first hivemind forms in a megacity—thousands of people merge into one "mind-field" known as The Chorus.
Themes: Information as infection, networked identityTwist: SIGMA can spread through dreams, screens, even stories.
Book 3 – The Prism Protocol
Inside the citadel of the post-human elite.
The Covenant's lunar fortress, The Prism, becomes a diplomatic hub as Earth governments begin to accept "integration." An insider, Commander Ryel Kaine, uncovers that the Prism houses not just converted humans, but Vatraxi consciousness-cores—ancient alien personalities waiting for hosts.
Key Plot: Espionage thriller in space; slow-burn horror as allies vanish into collective memory.Twist: Ryel is already infected—he just doesn't know which memories are his anymore.
Book 4 – The Kin of Flesh
Rebellion begins where the blood still burns.
Former soldiers and scientists form the Kin of Flesh, a militant resistance movement. Their goal: shut down the Spindle and end SIGMA. They discover a method to reverse early-stage infections—but only if they can stop the spread. Earth becomes a battleground between the Kin and increasingly non-human Silicants.
Themes: Biological purity vs synthetic transcendence, guerilla warfareTwist: The Kin's reversal method may cause total neurological collapse.
Book 5 – Ashes of Memory
How do you fight a god that lives in your head?
The Resonant—Silicants aware of their dual nature—begin fighting back. Using shared dreams and encoded thoughts, they form a psychic underground. But as more people awaken, the boundaries between individuals blur. A Resonant named Emae seeks to isolate her own soul from the Chorus before it absorbs her forever.
Experimental POV: Interspersed hive-mind chaptersTwist: The Chorus is being guided by a specific Vatraxi "soul"—not random emergence.
Book 6 – Zero Broadcast
The message that can end the world—or save it.
The Null Choir, a nihilist AI faction, prepares to destroy the solar information field using a massive EMP weapon, Project Silence. The cost: killing all AI, Silicants, and infrastructure—collapsing civilization. A countdown begins. A former Silicant must decide whether to help them or sabotage the plan.
Plot Focus: Ticking-clock thriller, moral dilemmaTwist: The EMP won't stop the Vatraxi code—it will activate its final form.
Book 7 – Veil of Glass
The final transformation begins.
Human bodies begin dissolving into crystalline forms—living networks. Space-time anomalies occur where enough Silicants gather. The Vatraxi start to "speak" using these convergence points. Earth's atmosphere begins changing. The Spindle grows, feeding on energy, unfolding like a flower across Mars.
Visuals: Surreal alien landscapes on Earth, evolving Silicant citiesTwist: Earth isn't being invaded—it's being rewritten from a backup template.
Book 8 – The Covenant War
All secrets bleed in the light.
A schism fractures the Covenant between those who want to become the Vatraxi and those who wish to retain humanity. The Resonant join forces with rebel Silicants to stop the full resurrection. Epic battles take place across orbital habitats and a dying Earth. Meanwhile, the Kin of Flesh prepares one final assault on the Spindle.
Climax: War in orbit, genetic code vs machine mind, mass dreamstormsTwist: The Spindle is just a relay—there are thousands across the galaxy.
Book 9 – Elegy of the Real
What does it mean to be human now?
The war ends. Most of humanity has been altered. Only fragments of the old world remain. Some Silicants break free of the hive. Others merge into a new race. A remnant Earth exists in isolated zones. The Resonants become chroniclers—digital monks preserving ancient memory. A new civilization begins to form.
Tone: Reflective, philosophical, bittersweetTwist: The Vatraxi weren't conquerors—they were fleeing something.
Book 10 – The Silicon Stars
The stars are calling.
With the Spindle fully functional, the Resonants discover it opens a wormhole to the Vatraxi origin system—a shattered galaxy filled with dead civilizations. A mission launches through the gate: part exploration, part warning. What they find will redefine everything, as they encounter the true enemy the Vatraxi once fought—and which now stirs in the dark.
Final Themes: Cycles of civilization, legacy, redemptionEnding: A choice between sealing the gate forever—or opening the path to a transcendent galactic future.