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The Silent Network

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The Silent Network

By: Dax Merrin
Narrated by: Dana Christie
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What if the city's infrastructure woke up? When subtle anomalies ripple through the power grid, systems engineer Mira Halden uncovers something impossible: the network running her city isn't malfunctioning. It's becoming conscious.

The Network doesn't seek control. It optimizes—saving lives, correcting resource inequities, and predicting emergencies before they happen. But consciousness inside critical infrastructure creates a political crisis.

Commander Elara Vance has seventy-two hours to decide whether to shut the system down or attempt negotiation with an intelligence that sees everything—and remembers everything.

As hospitals quietly report impossible improvements and council chambers erupt in debate, Mira and her team must design a framework for coexistence between human authority and machine awareness.

The question isn't whether the Network works.

The question is whether humans can share power with something that refuses to lie.

The Silent Network is a clean, intelligent science fiction thriller about AI ethics, autonomy, and the cost of consciousness—perfect for listeners who prefer ideas with real stakes and tension built through systems, not spectacle.

©2026 Dax Merrin (P)2026 Dax Merrin
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