RESET · Book One
The Cost of Being Seen
A speculative science-fiction novel by Elijah Canfield
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Alex Mercer studies the moment systems begin to fail, when pressure gathers beneath the surface and certainty becomes more dangerous than ignorance.
Then an impossible object appears above the Pacific.
The world calls it artificial intelligence. Alex sees a deeper pattern. Something below the ocean has been hidden for longer than human history remembers. Something above it is learning too quickly.
What Happens When Observation Becomes Contact?
Humanity has spent generations looking outward, searching for evidence that it is not alone. It never considered that the answer might already be here.
The Cost of Being Seen begins a speculative science-fiction series about artificial intelligence, hidden civilizations, first contact, and the systems people build before they understand what those systems may uncover.
Read more about the six-book RESET series.
Themes
Explore the Ideas Behind RESET
- Artificial intelligence
- First contact
- Hidden civilizations
- Scientific discovery
- Systems and unintended consequences
- The cost of knowledge
- What it means to remain human
Book Details
- Series
- RESET
- Series position
- Book One
- Author
- Elijah Canfield
- Genre
- Speculative Science Fiction
- Format
- Ebook
- Publication date
- August 14, 2026
Begin the RESET Series
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