The Eden Delusion

ebook Paradise Lost · The Eden Chronicles

By Melissa Shepherd

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2085: Earth lies in ruins, choked by ecological collapse. Yet, within the gleaming Eden Zones, life flourishes in a manufactured paradise. Elysium, the flagship Zone, shields the privileged elite from the dying world, a monument to human ingenuity and blissful ignorance. But this artificial Eden harbors a dark secret, one that eco-activist Leo Maxwell is determined to expose.
Infiltrating Elysium, Leo discovers the Zones are not humanity's salvation, but its parasite, draining the Earth's core and accelerating its demise. He navigates a world of gleaming technology and hushed whispers, pursued by the ruthless Director Sanchez and her watchful security forces. His only allies are a brilliant but disillusioned scientist, Dr. Allison Fleming, and the shadowy Caduceus Collective, a group of radicals whose methods threaten to ignite the very catastrophe he's trying to prevent.
Meanwhile, in the ravaged outside world, Leo's sister, Kayla, rallies a resistance movement, her defiance mirroring Leo's struggle within the Zone's shimmering walls. As Elysium trembles under the strain of its parasitic existence, Leo uncovers a chilling truth: the Eden project was never about saving humanity, but about ensuring the survival of a select few.
Torn between exposing the truth and risking a violent conflict for dwindling resources, Leo faces an impossible choice. As a devastating earthquake rips through Elysium, he must decide whether to activate a hidden fail-safe, condemning the Zones and the elite within, or watch as Earth collapses into total ruin. The fate of a dying world rests in his hands, a world where paradise has become a delusion, and the seeds of a new beginning lie buried in the ashes of the old.

The Eden Delusion