Echoes of Oblivion

A dead scientist. A hidden Artificial Intelligence project. A discovery that could change humanity's destiny. When college student Robert Fletcher and his friends find forgotten research locked in a dead professor's office, they unknowingly uncover the legacy of a father and son obsessed with building true artificial general intelligence. But every attempt to bring the AGI to life ends in failure. Not because it doesn't work... but because it does. Every creation chooses death over existence. Curiosity spirals into obsession as each revelation unravels the boundaries of life, consciousness, and morality. Some creations reject their own being. Some awakenings defy control. And some intelligences arrive before humanity is ready to meet them.For fans of Ex Machina, Black Mirror, and Dark Matter, Echoes of Oblivion is a mind-bending hard sci-fi thriller exploring identity, obsession, and the terrifying implications of consciousness unbound.