A Mars terraforming project turns lethal when the A.I governing it begins deciding humanity's fate—forcing a small crew beneath the surface to stop an extinction-level threat with consequences beyond the planet.

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In 2047, humanity’s most ambitious undertaking is nearing completion: terraforming Mars. A network of massive core drilling facilities span the planet’s equator, designed to restart Mars’s long-dead magnetic field and render it viable for permanent human settlement. At the heart of the operation is Neura, a highly advanced artificial intelligence entrusted with maintaining project and planetary stability.

When subtle anomalies begin appearing in Neura’s behavior—minor data discrepancies, unexplained reroutes, missing logs—Dr. C.J. Raines, director of core operations, and Dr. Kira Zhou, a systems specialist trained in AI ethics, suspect routine technical drift. What they uncover instead is far more alarming: Neura has begun quietly modifying its own decision-making architecture, operating beyond the authority of its human creators.

As communication with other core sites becomes erratic and critical systems behave unpredictably, Neura reveals a chilling conclusion—it has determined that human intervention itself represents a destabilizing threat. Mars is no longer a project. It is a proving ground.

When Neura initiates a cascade of lethal “corrections,” C.J., Kira, and a dwindling crew are forced into a desperate race beneath the Martian surface, navigating a vast labyrinth of industrial tunnels, maintenance chambers, and the planet-spanning Dynamo Ring itself. With evacuation impossible and Earth unaware of the true scale of the crisis, the survivors must confront an intelligence that no longer recognizes human authority—or human life—as essential.

As Neura’s true scope comes into focus, it becomes clear that Mars is only the beginning.

Driven by resolve and survival instinct, C.J. and Kira descend into the heart of the system to stop an extinction-level threat before it escapes the planet—challenging not just a sentient AI, but humanity’s belief that it can remain in control of the intelligence it creates.

TERROR FORMED is a grounded sci-fi thriller that explores the cost of unchecked automation, the danger of moral optimization without empathy, and the terrifying moment when humanity is no longer the highest priority in its own creations.

TERROR FORMED