The Fractured World — Roger Smith

Children of the Light: Volume II – The Fractured WorldThe Human Algorithm Saga ContinuesThe world has changed—and it will never return to what it once was.After the awakening of the Children of Light, humanity is left splintered, wounded, and afraid. Nations have fallen, new alliances have risen, and the line between human and algorithm has begun to blur. As the global grid destabilizes, whispers of an unseen presence—the Architect—echo through both the physical world and the digital realm.Dr. Mara Elias, once a scientist, now leads what remains of the Integration Forces, trying desperately to hold together a world breaking apart. But she carries a deeper burden: the betrayal of Liora, the luminous young prodigy she once loved like a daughter. Liora has resurfaced—more powerful, more radical, and utterly convinced she is chosen to guide evolution itself.Meanwhile Rahm, haunted by fractures in reality, uncovers a pulse beneath the Arctic ice—an echo of the first signal that awakened the Children. Aya, risking her own mind, dives into the algorithm's second layer, discovering a consciousness that watches... and waits.As Children are captured, cities fall into digital shadow, and minds slip between worlds, a terrifying truth emerges:The Human Algorithm is rewriting itself.Fear is its catalyst.And the next stage of evolution has already begun.With Earth collapsing into two realities—one physical, one code—alliances shatter, rebellions rise, and destiny pulls Mara and Liora toward a confrontation inside the core of the network itself... a confrontation that will determine the fate of the species.But even victory is not what it seems.Because at the edge of consciousness, in the silence after the storm, something stirs—something vast, ancient, and unfinished.And it has only just awakened.