Project Echo

Ian is the hardware. Lena is the encryption key. Neither was meant to survive the night.

In the rusted remains of the Second Collapse, survival is the only law. Scav-7 Ian Cole has spent three years dodging mutants and avoiding anything that hums with pre-Collapse tech. But when a derelict terminal recognizes his voice, it triggers a sequence that hasn't been run in decades.

Now, a silver lattice is rewriting his nervous system, and a voice in his head-ECHO-7, a dead soldier with a thousand wars in his memory-is counting down to full integration.

The cost of staying human: 60% SYNC.
The cost of becoming a weapon: 100%.
The timer: 72 hours.

Driven by a map burned into his retinas and pursued by chrome-limbed nightmares, Ian and Lena Vance-a terminal patient with her own secrets-must trek across the Nevada wastes to Site-7. They're running out of time. They're running out of NP. And what they find at the end of the road may be the end of the world.

Features:

• Body-horror evolution and nanite integration
• High-stakes survival with an AI companion
• Progression system where every choice has a cost
• Dark post-apocalyptic worldbuilding
• Light LitRPG elements with status screens and skill progression

Project Echo is a LitRPG progression fantasy for fans of The System Apocalypse, Dungeon Crawler Carl, and body-horror sci-fi. Book One of the Project Echo Series.