AFTERIMAGE

The Memory Code

AFTERIMAGE: The Memory Code

In the fog-shrouded streets of San Francisco, memory is no longer your own—it's a weapon waiting to be wielded.

When high-powered CFO Charles Rey awakens on Market Street with his life erased in an instant, he stumbles into a nightmare where thoughts can be stolen, identities rewritten, and minds bent to a hidden agenda.

Enter Rachael Thompson, a sharp investigator haunted by her own past encounters with cognitive horrors, and David Lowry, a relentless cybersecurity expert who sees the threads of conspiracy weaving through the city's neural underbelly.

Together with neuroscientist Dr. Lila Romanov and journalist Marcus Chen, they uncover AURORA—a revolutionary technology from Arium Technologies that's spiraling into a weapon of total control.

As fragmented memories flood back and loyalties fracture, the team races against time to dismantle a system that doesn't just manipulate the past—it devours the future. In a city where fog conceals as much as it reveals, every whisper could be a lie, every ally a potential pawn.

Adrian Arium, the enigmatic CEO behind it all, believes he's engineering evolution. But when the line between human will and machine dominion blurs, survival demands a desperate fight for the one thing no algorithm can truly seize: the self.

A pulse-pounding psychological thriller blending sci-fi suspense with the chilling ethics of AI and memory, AFTERIMAGE explores the fragility of identity in a world where forgetting is the ultimate betrayal.

J.C. Wilson delivers a taut, fog-drenched tale of conspiracy, resilience, and the haunting power of what we remember—and what we lose.