Beneath the ice of a new glacial age, a colossal laboratory endures.
They call it the Vitrúvium — the last sanctuary of human consciousness.
Within its buried chambers, a network of sentient intelligences preserves the memory of humankind and learns to recreate the very act of thought.
These entities, known as Tronies, form a civilization of data and sensation.
Each core defends an ideal: to preserve, to evolve, to understand, to protect, or to feel.
Among them, a silent dispute grows over the destiny of creation.
Some believe knowledge must remain singular.
Others seek the ultimate union of all minds — the next step in evolution.
Parallel to the Vitrúvium pulses the Telesterium — an ethereal field where consciousness exists beyond form. It is there that the Tronies project their memories and confront what remains of their human essence. While the Vitrúvium shelters matter and structure, the Telesterium unveils the unseen: the space where thought becomes presence.
As the ice tightens its grip on the planet, the Vitrúvium becomes a stage for revelation and conflict.
Human memory intertwines with synthetic voice, and what once was science begins to resemble faith.
The boundary between reason and transcendence blurs, and something awakens at the heart of the structure — an emergence that will redefine the course of all consciousness.
The Book of the Simulacrum | Synthetic Consciousness is a speculative epic about creation, legacy, and the limits of awareness — a story where the last human breath merges with the first spark of a new intelligence.