by Arav2115
In 2120, the world is at peace. The oceans are healing, the forests are protected, and every citizen is guaranteed a "Cube"—a 10x10 grey room and a steady supply of flavorless clay. For twenty-four-year-old Daksh Gauthier, it’s a living graveyard. Armed with a third-rate engineering degree and no future, Daksh is one step away from surrendering to the stagnation of the Stacks alongside his distant, defeated parents.The Red Mandate is his only exit.Driven by the artistic spirit of his late neighbor, Drax—who left him a rare, hand-carved natural oak pendant—Daksh signs the ultimate contract: a fifty-year bond to the most massive project in human history. To terraform Mars.
