Awakening

Summary

Billionaire industrialist Andrew Garth vanishes in the wake of a life-changing encounter with God aboard a Caribbean cruise ship. His business partners seize control of a newly acquired $500 billion company and its most coveted asset: a revolutionary patent for computer chips designed for human implantation. What begins as a corporate power struggle escalates into something far darker when Washington insiders move to mandate these implants nationwide, transforming them into instruments of mass surveillance and control. As conservative states rebel against federal mandates, the nation teeters on the brink of civil conflict with apocalyptic consequences. Garth, determined to preserve human autonomy, joins forces with fellow industrialist Peter Turlington to construct an elaborate subterranean sanctuary capable of sheltering thousands for years, shielded from nuclear devastation and those who would hunt them. The two visionaries become hunted men, pursued by assassins and authorities alike, as they race to complete their hidden city before forces converge to destroy them and everything they're building.