CRADLE OF THE ABYSS (Official Prequel to the "Breath of the Abyss" Trilogy)

Buenos Aires is not just a soaring metropolis. It is a giant syringe plunged into the nerve center of a sleeping chthonic monster. For half a century, Director Kai has kept the Abyss in a coma by silently feeding it the lives of dissenters. His bloody conveyor belt worked flawlessly until his only son, the brilliant architect Elias, invaded the City's secrets. Intent on destroying his father's dictatorship, he has no idea that the death of the system will trigger gravity inversion and the annihilation of millions. The Ancient Mind is waking up, demanding a new sacrifice. Now the Gardener faces an unthinkable choice: save his own child, or the remnants of humanity? Paradise always demands blood. Discover who exactly was thrown into the furnace before this perfect world began to fall upward.