Project Echo: A Parasite of Silver and Bone: A Post-Apocalyptic LitRPG Progression Fantasy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798254121923)

Ian is the hardware. Lena is the encryption key. Neither was meant to survive the night.

In the rusted remains of the Second Collapse, survival is the only law. Scav-7 Ian Cole has spent three years dodging mutants and avoiding anything that hums with pre-Collapse tech. But when a derelict terminal recognizes his voice, it triggers a sequence that hasn't been run in decades.

Now, a silver lattice is rewriting his nervous system, and a voice in his head-ECHO-7, a dead soldier with a thousand wars in his memory-is counting down to full integration.

The cost of staying human: 60% SYNC.
The cost of becoming a weapon: 100%.
The timer: 72 hours.

Driven by a map burned into his retinas and pursued by chrome-limbed nightmares, Ian and Lena Vance-a terminal patient with her own secrets-must trek across the Nevada wastes to Site-7. They're running out of time. They're running out of NP. And what they find at the end of the road may be the end of the world.

Features:

• Body-horror evolution and nanite integration
• High-stakes survival with an AI companion
• Progression system where every choice has a cost
• Dark post-apocalyptic worldbuilding
• Light LitRPG elements with status screens and skill progression

Project Echo is a LitRPG progression fantasy for fans of The System Apocalypse, Dungeon Crawler Carl, and body-horror sci-fi. Book One of the Project Echo Series.