Metal and the Bio - The Battle of 2050
Set in the year 2050, this novel imagines a world run by AI. Nations no longer exist; instead, the planet is run as interconnected “subsystems” overseen by a super AI called Kongzi, while real authority rests with a cartel of billionaire elites known as the Bees.
The novel follows Mili, a former lecturer in artificial intelligence who survives terminal cancer through a radical AI driven medical breakthrough. Mili enters a world that feels alien—cities rebuilt, human caregivers replaced by human like robots called NEWMANs.
Parallel to Mili’s journey is a high stakes political thriller unfolding inside PLEX, the Bees’ fortified bunker complex. Aravind, a brilliant and morally unrestrained strategist, is recruited to destroy the combined resistance of humans and NEWMANs.
The climax sees a decisive confrontation between control and conscience, manipulation and solidarity. The novel concludes with an uneasy truth: the war between power and humanity never truly ends.
- Paperback: 230 pages
- Publisher: White Falcon Publishing; 1 edition (August 2026)
- Author: Basudeb Gupta
- ISBN-13: 9789376313136
- Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inch
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