: One notable tale features a man testing a "disintegration gun" on an alien planet. After accidentally destroying part of his own ship, he is stranded and eventually found years later, using the advanced weapon as a simple hammer. Literature & Noir
: Set in a future where humanity is on the brink of extinction, the "Integration" process was created to save the species by placing human brains into robotic armatures. The story follows Romer Shoal , an outlaw pilot leading a resistance against the Rayonne , a fanatical force that believes the robotic state is the next stage of evolution and seeks to eliminate what remains of human society. disintegration
: This neo-noir novel follows an unnamed, broken protagonist in a "shadow-soaked" version of Chicago. The story is a "psycho-sexual descent" into an unhinged mind, where a man who has lost everything finds work as a hitman while struggling to distinguish between his fading memories and a bleak reality. : One notable tale features a man testing