What if the search for meaning led you into a world engineered to keep you blind?
Lucien wanted what every broken man dreams of—peace, power, and a life free from suffering. A factory worker from Lagos with nothing but debt and disappointment to his name, Lucien's only escape was sleep. But when he wakes, he is no longer in Nigeria. He’s in Grey, a biopunk world fueled by airborne nano-energy, ruled by houses of engineered power, and built atop ancient secrets no one dares to question.
Here, the weak are discarded, the strong are exalted, and the truth is buried beneath glowing cities and gleaming lies. Everyone believes he is someone else—Lucien Adrek, heir to a House he doesn’t remember and a past that isn’t his. With a mind fractured by forgotten memories and a body saturated with energy he shouldn’t possess, Lucien is thrust into a society that demands submission or extinction.
But Lucien won’t submit. Not to the Houses. Not to the gods.
As rebellions spark, alliances form, and betrayals unfold, Lucien is forced to confront the world’s deepest question—What is purpose when the world itself is a lie?
And when the puppet realizes he's on stage… what happens when he turns on the audience?