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Krue Nex’s Guide to Civil Engineering

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Krue Nex’s Guide to Civil Engineering

By: BriZeen
Narrated by: Luke Welland
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Summary
 AI controls the surface. Analog becomes the weapon. After global catastrophic climate change drove civilization underground, predatory AI ensured it stayed there. Now, after generations without daylight, the underground metropolis is crumbling under civil unrest. Citizens demand access to the surface. The mayor gives them a tunnel. It is the worst mistake in the city's history. Only elite engineers are trained to protect the citys life-support systems above ground. Among them is Krue Nex, a legendary SpecOps Engineer turned professor and the only human known to survive direct sunlight. Haunted by an operation that wiped out his entire unit, he battles crushing guilt, severe trauma, and a secret opioid addiction.To save the city, Krue is forced back into service. Digital networks have failed. AI has adapted. Parasites are spreading. The engineers' final gamble rests on NASA's retired analog satellite network; technology so old that AI never learned how to control it.As parasites burrow into the underground city and AI tightens its grip on the surface, the city's last hope rests on engineers willing to unleash the lesser of two evils.©2026 Brittany Zellner (P)2026 Brittany Zellner Engineering Science Fiction
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