The Fibonacci Killer
A Ai, Devon Kristy
Maison d'édition: Publishdrive
Synopsis
Neo-Tokyo, 2032. A city of shimmering skyscrapers and holographic koi, built on the relentless flow of data. But beneath the digital sheen, a chilling counter-narrative unfolds. A luminary mathematician is found dead, his body a grotesque tribute to the Fibonacci sequence—a spiral of death echoing his life’s work.Dr. Elias Vance, the victim’s protégé, sees not a killer, but a pattern. A historian obsessed with the esoteric language of numbers, Elias recognizes the macabre tableau as the opening note in a deadly mathematical symphony. Paired with the pragmatic Detective Samantha Hale, Elias descends into the killer’s spiraling obsession. Their contrasting perspectives—logic versus intuition—become the driving force of a desperate race against time.Each new victim adds another digit to the Fibonacci sequence, tightening the noose around Neo-Tokyo. The spiral, once a symbol of mathematical beauty, now heralds impending doom. Elias suspects the sequence is merely a gateway to a deeper, more disturbing truth – a truth hinted at in the unsettling research of Institute Director Deborah Black, a woman whose brilliance borders on the unsettling.As Elias and Samantha delve into ancient Sumerian texts and cutting-edge quantum algorithms, they uncover a chilling prophecy: the “mathematical singularity,” a point where human consciousness merges with the universe’s underlying code. The killer’s true ambition takes horrifying shape. He doesn’t just want to kill; he wants to ascend, to become the architect of a new reality governed by mathematical perfection.Haunted by a past tragedy that shattered his faith in a rational universe, Elias clings to the belief in human agency. Samantha, fiercely protective of Neo-Tokyo, struggles to comprehend a threat beyond tangible motives. Their clashing perspectives, once a strength, now threaten to fracture their partnership as the countdown to the singularity ticks relentlessly forward.In a heart-pounding climax within the labyrinthine halls of the Institute, Elias and Samantha must reconcile their differences to face a threat that transcends their individual understanding of the world. They must confront not only a killer, but the chilling implications of a mathematically predetermined world – a reality where free will is an illusion, and every human action is merely a pre-programmed response in the grand cosmic equation. Can they stop the countdown before the singularity consumes Neo-Tokyo, and perhaps, reality itself?
Disponible depuis: 06/11/2024.
Longueur d'impression: 331 pages.
