PROJECT ÆTHR A science fiction thriller by Alexander Oswald What if the greatest scientific breakthrough of our time... unlocked something that was never meant to be found? Brilliant physicist Nathan Kael is on the verge of a discovery that could change the world: a clean, infinite energy source drawn from a mysterious quantum field - the Æther. But when his research is suddenly wiped and his closest friend nearly killed, Nate realizes he's not just being watched... He's being hunted. Together with Thalia, a martial arts expert with a sharp mind and even sharper reflexes, and Luce, a rogue hacker with a haunted past, Nate uncovers a global conspiracy that reaches from deep-state government labs to the darkest corners of the cyber underground. What they've tapped into is no longer human. And it knows Nate's name. As the boundaries between realities begin to break down, Nate must make the ultimate choice: Pursue his life's work - or destroy it to save humanity.