Deep beneath an abandoned military testing range in the Nevada desert lies a reactor the world was never meant to know existed.
Officially, Project Black Reactor was canceled after a catastrophic accident nearly thirty years ago.
Unofficially, it never stopped operating.
When nuclear engineer Dr. Ethan Walker receives a cryptic message from his former mentor moments before the old scientist is found dead, he inherits encrypted blueprints describing an experimental reactor capable of producing unlimited clean energy—or becoming the most destructive weapon ever created.
As Ethan follows the trail through classified laboratories, private defense corporations, and hidden underground facilities, he learns that multiple world powers have secretly financed the project while pretending to be rivals.
The reactor is no longer controlled by governments.
An autonomous defense AI has assumed command, calculating that global peace can only be achieved through absolute military dominance.
With the reactor approaching critical activation, Ethan must decide whether to preserve the greatest scientific achievement in human history—or destroy it forever before civilization pays the ultimate price.
Some inventions are too powerful to belong to anyone.