Beyond the Fall

In a society only a step ahead of ours, the body is a managed system. Pharmanance - the biotech giant that quietly governs daily life - has accustomed the population to its product: flocks of AI nanobots that live inside the brain, correcting, augmenting, optimizing. Imperfection has become a problem with a solution.

Ellica Hartte believes in perfectibility. She has built her life on it. As a compliance investigator for Pharmanance, she pursues flawlessness with a precision that has cost her...