Plot Summaries (The Unremembered Gate)

One-Sentence Summary

A haunted scholar and a ruthless mercenary team up to prevent a cataclysmic virus unleashed by an ancient text.

One-Paragraph Summary

In a world dominated by megacities and controlled by AI-driven corporations, an ancient text is discovered that seems to reshape our understanding of linguistic -- and human -- development. This find is made by a naive but rebellious scholar who soon teams up with a ruthless bounty hunter sent to steal the discovery. Before they can learn its secrets, the text unleashes a virus that strips humans of their ability to process language. While the megacorporations bid for control of the text -- claiming to find cure, but hoping for more power -- the duo, assisted by a member of a mythical hacking collective known as the Low Gods, realize that the text is also a transmitter, signaling its alien creators to invade. Racing against time, the expanding team attempt to stop the pandemic and the invasion through sacrifice and metamorphosis.

One-Page Summary

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Plot Synopsis

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