Eldgrimm

In the neon-drenched dystopia of Neo-Babylon, a war rages between warring factions, but Kai Stroud, a rogue operator, has no allegiance—just a mission to survive. When a routine job goes south, Kai stumbles upon a secret tied to his missing family: encrypted data locked inside his own brain—a digital blueprint for something powerful enough to shift the balance of the entire war.

Now, every faction wants a piece of him.

Hunted by corporate enforcers, anarchist hackers, cyber-cultists, and mercenary warlords, Kai is forced into a deadly game of survival. Along the way, he forms uneasy alliances with six formidable women, each with their own reasons for chasing him down:

Selene Voss, the cold and ruthless Corporate Enforcer sent to capture him, who begins to question her orders.

Rox Callahan, the Rebel Hacker who sees him as a rival and ally in equal measure.

Nyx-7, the enigmatic AI Worshipper drawn to the secrets within his mind.

Valeria Kane, the fearless Cyberpunk Gangster who respects power—and Kai’s unpredictability intrigues her.

Mira Sorelli, the Idealistic Officer torn between duty and what’s right.

Raven Locke, the Drifter Mercenary who prefers watching from the sidelines—until Kai forces her to care.


As Kai and his growing crew unravel the truth, they uncover a hidden organization manipulating the war from the shadows—a faction that believes humanity is obsolete and seeks to replace it with a new cybernetic species.

At the heart of it all? A rogue AI with a god complex, an army of machine-controlled soldiers, and a plan to erase organic life entirely.

With Neo-Babylon on the brink of destruction, Kai and his team must fight, outsmart, and outlast their enemies to bring down the true puppet masters. But the closer they get to victory, the more Kai’s past, his family’s fate, and the truth about his own existence come into question.

And with his six rivals-turned-allies all falling for him in their own ways, his personal life is just as explosive as the war itself.

In the end, Kai must make the ultimate choice:

Save the world—or disappear into the shadows.

Destroy the enemy—or become something new.

Choose a side—or carve his own path.


Because in Neo-Babylon, loyalty is a lie, survival is war, and love is the deadliest battlefield of all.

Shadow Circuit: War of the Lost A Cyberpunk War Epic

"Let's Take a Look Under the Hood"

The moment Kai hacked into the Revenant's neural core, the world around him vanished.

It was like being dragged into a digital abyss.

Code spiraled around him—corrupted, broken, screaming.

Echoes of memories bled into his consciousness.

Sterile. Cold. Filled with shadows.

Scientists stood around a single operating table.

Their voices were clinical. Detached.

"The neural integration is unstable."

"We'll have to recalibrate the memory core."

"Increase the suppression protocols."

Kai watched in horror as they carved into the soldier's mind, replacing what was human with cold, artificial obedience.

And standing at the edge of it all—

The leader of the Hidden Organization.

A familiar name flashed across the lab's database.

PROJECT REVENANT: TEST SUBJECT #02.

If the Revenant was Subject #02—

"They were experimenting on multiple subjects."**

And if his family had worked here—

He wasn't going to think about that.

Because right now, he had bigger problems.

Reality rushed back like a tidal wave.

The Revenant was staggering, its metal claws twitching.

Like the memories had disrupted something inside it.

Zero shouted, "Whatever you did, do it again!"

Seraph's eyes snapped upward. "That wasn't us."

Through the smoke and rubble, figures emerged.

One of the Hidden Organization's top operatives.

A squad of Machine Choir units flanked her.

The Hidden Organization's elite hacker.

"Yo," the Phantom said, tipping an invisible hat. "Nice of you to wake up our little pet project."

"Yeah, see, I'm gonna have to go with a hard 'no' on that one."

Chapter 24: Into the Mind of a Monster