An A.I entity has become self-aware in the thousand-plus years it has been trapped deep in an underground bunker. It’s about to be inadvertently released, and it’s not happy – at all. Cuesta, the shape-shifting entity with a penchant for old world Rom-Com’s, vows revenge on Planet 54 in this third installment of the epic trilogy. Who can stop it? Jann Gunnarson, the gruff Scandi explorer, was the first to discover a strange hatch dating from the End of Times, high in the Nepali mountains. Opening it would be the last thing he ever recalled. Claire, Andrew, and John had relaxed into their new lives. They thought all the troubles were behind them, but life had other plans. The Rise is a frantic, grisly dystopian horror-thriller with quirky comedic elements. Zaph sincerely hopes you enjoy it.