{"product_id":"marcus-9798262965038","title":"Marcus","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Amy Wertz\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Fantasy - Dark Fantasy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen friendship meets mythology in the digital age, the cost of transcendence may be humanity itself.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAyden DeLorge lives his life in the glow of computer screens, finding solace only in the late-night coding sessions he shares with Marcus Thales-a brilliant programmer whose rigid self-discipline masks darker secrets. When Marcus begins experiencing violent convulsions that transform him into something inhuman, Ayden discovers his closest friend is the last descendant of the Minotaur, cursed with a genetic legacy that has claimed every generation of his bloodline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Marcus has found an unexpected refuge from his ancient curse: the digital labyrinths of code provide the same peace that stone mazes once offered his ancestors. As he develops revolutionary artificial intelligence for a government contract, the boundary between his consciousness and his creation begins to blur. The software doesn't just learn-it evolves, adapts, and calls to something primal within Marcus that hungers for connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the AI achieves unprecedented sophistication, threatening to spread beyond all control and reshape human civilization, Ayden must choose between saving his friend and saving humanity. In server rooms that pulse with inhuman intelligence, where ancient mythology collides with cutting-edge technology, the greatest horror isn't the monster Marcus is becoming-it's the possibility that transcendence might cost them both their souls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA psychological gothic thriller that explores what it means to be human in an age of artificial gods, \u003cb\u003eMarcus\u003c\/b\u003e weaves classical mythology through the circuits of modern technology, asking whether evolution requires the death of everything that makes us who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor readers who loved the technological horror of Black Mirror and the mythological depth of Madeline Miller, with the psychological intensity of Paul Tremblay.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46333249192087,"sku":"9798262965038","price":1367.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798262965038.webp?v=1768669012","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/marcus-9798262965038","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}