This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

In Atlas City, history is curated to engineer peace, and every citizen is connected to Omni, the all-seeing AI, via brain-computer STEMs.

To Janus Nasim, raised offline in rural Texas by his conspiracy-obsessed grandfather, Atlas represents everything he's been denied: connection, direction, and a future that finally makes sense.

What begins as escape quickly unravels. Janus's divergent mind doesn't sync like everyone else's. STEM glitches reveal cracks in Omni's narrative, and immersive simulations stir memories he can't explain. As powerful factions vie for control, Janus becomes a dangerous anomaly—sought by Atlas executives as a key to domination, and by rogue Outlanders as a spark for revolution.

To make a difference, Janus must uncover the truth buried beneath the programming and confront the lies that shape his world.

Will he conform, rebel, or forge a path no one sees coming?

Early Praise

"The most relevant sci-fi debut of the year. I couldn't put it down."

"A gripping debut that crackles with urgency and imagination. History Emergent blends cutting-edge speculation with timeless questions of identity and memory. "

"If Ready Player One had a smarter, darker cousin raised on Orwell and Philip K. Dick, this would be it. A coming-of-age thriller wrapped in a philosophical puzzle."

"It captured me from the start and kept me engaged. Unique among the genre, with the engineered depth of Stephenson or Asimov."