Half in Fire - A Cyberpunk Epic
São Paulo, 2879 (eq. 2134 gregorian calendar). A dystopian metropolis where technology and decay blend in the shadows of the city.

Akiko Akiyama, a brilliant doctor, devotes her life to CogniSynth, a revolutionary memory research project that could redefine the boundaries of human consciousness.

But everything changes when she crosses paths with Maia, an enigmatic and seductive young woman from the underworld. Their meeting isn't just a clash of worlds - it's the beginning of a dangerous journey, where buried truths, technological conspiracies, and unbreakable bonds intertwine.

Hunted by invisible forces, Akiko is thrust into an epic tale of survival, revelation, and desire - where past and future collide in flames.

How much can memory be trusted? And what remains when everything you believe to be real begins to crumble?

Half in Fire is a story of love, identity, and resistance amid collapse. A visceral, high-stakes science fiction that invites you to dive deep into the mind - and the heart.

I buried my face in my hands. Let out a muffled scream. Warmth spread through my belly. A strange sensation. My finger brushed my mouth. What was I doing? Why… why did I want to feel? Suddenly, I wanted to do things I would never do, like hum. Why did I want to hum? I had not known it was possible to feel something like this without Pefentanil.


I shook my head, trying to ignore the whirlwind of emotions. I was finishing preparing my bath when an official GMC notice beeped on the bioscreen:


To all members of the medical community.


By collective decision, the Committee has resolved to exile Riki Akiyama, registered with the Tokyo Regional Medical Council under number 345245-TO, revoking his right to perform medical duties.


Effective today, his presence within official medical institutions is prohibited. The involvement of other members of this distinguished community in activities involving the proscribed member shall also result in exile, pursuant to the provisions of the International Convention on Medicine and the Rules of the Global Medical Committee.


There being nothing further to communicate, all members must comply with this notice.


President of the Global Medical Committee


My face went cold. I reread the notice several times, as though the words might change.


'The Committee has resolved to exile Riki.' She had really done it. Hideaki had exiled him.


I stepped into the bathtub. Let the warm water envelop me, as though it could erase everything. As though I could disappear with the steam. The warmth soothed the uterine contractions as they came and went.


I tried to digest it all. Exile from a professional community meant losing everything. He would be barred from entering official premises. Forbidden from accessing the upper levels of other societies. They could not even offer him employment unless he sought another occupation. Something that would take a decade.


Riki had received the harshest punishment.


He deserved it. I had to admit it. What he had proposed… beyond that research, so many others he had conducted in the past.


I shook my head and focused on what mattered:


Chapter 19 - EXILE