A mathematical alchemist and wounded survivor of his mercenary role in the conflicts of The Northern Triangle Wars, Gordon lives an isolated, stark existence of self-exile under the assumed name Feon Jax. As a short-order chef in the southwest barrio of the Latin Quarter, Gordon works in a tiny hole-in-the-wall restaurant, hidden off the grid, away from local authorities and out of sight of the roaming UN’s Alpha Omega (AO) Assault Strike Teams. A long sequence of numbers inked on the back of his neck—blurred by the day’s perspiration—brands him with the state’s mandated encryption code. This code, issued to all young men of age, monitors and calculates the probability of future agitation against the state.
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While washing dishes, forks, and spoons, Gordon notices customers cautiously placing their utensils back on the table. Suddenly, red preemptive scanning beams penetrate the food shack, crossing through the café window from the street outside.
News of an auctioned palimpsest has put Gordon squarely in the sights of the UN AO Strike Teams. He watches as heavily armored forces position themselves for a tactical breach through the front door. With worn hands, the chef unties his apron and grabs a hidden, illegal, high-powered “Hot Tag” thermo-incendiary flare gun. Dropping to his knees, he reaches for a hatch beneath his feet. Combo-dials spin quickly in a predetermined sequence before he opens the hatch, revealing a long ladder descending into a network of dark, winding tunnels.
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Gordon’s past is both violent and colorful. His family was attacked, his father arrested, and his mother and sister separated from him. Their crime? "Inciting research outside the restrictions of the UN’s Permitting Office." Taken in the dead of night by AO Strike Teams, Gordon’s father, Severin Marlow, was put on trial for conducting mathematical research without a permit and eventually executed. Publicly disgraced for his scientific work, Severin was discredited, displayed in communal disgrace, and then executed on live broadcast for high treason. Gordon, too young to be considered a threat, tried to support his remaining family members through petty theft, though he was not adept at it. In time, the United Nations erased the Marlow family name and tarnished Severin’s legacy.
Gordon carries the weight of his father’s unproven ambition: solving nature’s greatest enigma by mathematically combining the geometric and subatomic worlds of probability—the Holy Grail of science, known as the Grand Unified Theory. Severin was on the verge of solving not only the building blocks of God’s thoughts but also proving that vast natural resources could be harvested within newly discovered dimensions.
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Severin’s refusal to work under the authority of the UN’s Regulatory Permitting Office made him a target. Ruthlessly hunted down, he was silenced before completing his work, leaving behind a family in ruins. Too young to take up the cause then, Gordon, with a mind equal to or exceeding his father’s brilliance, chose a life of seclusion. He became a mercenary-for-hire under the pseudonym "The Dog of War," serving only select high-paying causes.
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Now, Gordon is on the run. In the dimly lit tunnels, UN Strike Teams breach the hatch and give chase. Gordon fires his flare gun, triggering a series of subterranean explosions and activating strategically placed traps. He emerges at street level, sprinting down a bustling thoroughfare as larger AO forces converge. An unexpected ambush by Continental Revolutionary Troops provides cover for his escape.
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Gordon dives into a waiting black sedan, setting off a high-speed chase through crowded streets. Inside the car, he meets a sleepy-eyed man, Dr. Hun, whose calm demeanor masks his commitment to the resistance. Hun is the leader of the Continental Revolutionary Guard (CRG), fiercely opposed to the UN’s oppressive rule. Dr. Hun informs Gordon that his father’s work on the Grand Unified Theory has resurfaced at a private auction in the form of the Archimedes Palimpsest. Producing a small leather notebook filled with Severin’s notes, Hun convinces Gordon to continue his father’s work, warning him that without the theorem, the resistance cannot stop the deployment of Termination Mandate 5623.
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Meanwhile, Secretary-General Audrey Ajay, who secretly acquired the Archimedes Palimpsest, manipulates the UN's strike teams to hunt Gordon. She plans to extract the equation for her own gain. In a briefing with her executive security cabinet, Ajay reveals the dangers of the unification theory falling into opposition hands. She discloses the historical significance of the Archimedes Palimpsest, created during the Macedonian Renaissance and preserved through centuries of turmoil. Ajay acknowledges that unlocking the theorem could access dimensions five through ten, revolutionizing resource allocation and potentially leading to her conviction for crimes against humanity.
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As the UN intensifies its pursuit, Gordon learns that his mother is alive, hidden away in a sanitarium awaiting disposal. He also discovers that his twin sister Blythe—another gifted mathematical savant—has survived and is now a trafficked sex worker under the control of a man named Bass Reeves. Determined to reunite his family, Gordon embarks on a desperate journey to rescue them, recover the second palimpsest, and complete the theorem.
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Gordon’s quest propels him to the intersection of science and religion, confronting the paradoxes of his precarious world and uncovering the fabric of God’s thoughts within the laws of mathematics.