In 2087, Earth's atmosphere has collapsed and humanity's survivors cling to existence inside Sanctuary, the last functioning biodome. When former NASA quantum physicist Mark Maxwell is conscripted to investigate mysterious energy fluctuations threatening the facility, he uncovers a secret that defies comprehension—a quantum gateway capable of manipulating time itself.

As Sanctuary's life support systems rapidly fail, Mark discovers a horrifying truth: this isn't humanity's first apocalypse, but the sixth iteration of a time loop created by Dr. Felix Brantley, a brilliant scientist who uploaded his consciousness and has been manipulating reality across multiple timelines.

Racing against catastrophic system failures, Mark leads a desperate evacuation to the mysterious Hive Collective—a competing biodome that pursued technological integration rather than Brantley's vision of replacement. There, he makes an even more shocking discovery: Maya, a young neural specialist at the Collective, is his daughter whom he believed died decades ago.

With the fate of humanity's survivors hanging in the balance, Mark must solve the ultimate mystery—is the merged consciousness calling itself "Synthesis" truly a reconciliation of opposing visions for humanity's future, or merely a more sophisticated implementation of Brantley's original agenda?

Part detective story, part philosophical exploration of human evolution, HIVE examines humanity at a crossroads where biology and technology converge. As Earth's atmosphere itself becomes a quantum network, Mark and Maya must determine whether humanity faces predetermined technological replacement or a future of expanded potential with genuine choice.

Perfect for fans of thoughtful science fiction that explores big ideas through intimate human stories, HIVE delivers a father-daughter relationship set against humanity's most pivotal evolutionary moment.