An in‑universe guide to the worlds, technologies, and key figures of the trilogy.
The truth is the most valuable—and dangerous—commodity of all. Inside these Archives you’ll find classified briefs, technical schematics, and field dossiers that underpin the Cogenant universe.
This is the official codex: a living, expanding repository that deepens the novels without spoiling them. New to Cogenant? Start with the Lore Primer.
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Lore Primer (5‑minute read): How the worlds fit together without spoilers. Prefer updates? Get an email when fresh files are declassified. Or jump straight to Chapter One of The Birth of Cogenant.
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Realities
Old Town’s analogue grit, New London’s clinical control, and the dying universes beyond the veil.
Key Concepts
CerebroNet mandates, memory splicing, and the Pyrozetton Anomaly with redacted schematics.
Characters
Field dossiers on survivors, corporate agents, and beings caught between realities.
Dossier NL‑OT.01: A Tale of Two Londons
Overview — New London vs Old Town ↓
To understand the conflict, understand the ground. London is not one city but two hostile worlds, split by a wall, a river, and a century of ideology. One gleams; the other rusts. One obeys; the other survives. This brief outlines the schism.
New London
Status: Optimal. Population: Compliant.
Life here is frictionless, managed by the ever‑present CerebroNet. Its voice murmurs from public terminals, guiding and recording in the same breath. Citizens move with quiet purpose, their vitals tracked in real time by mandatory subdermal IDs pulsing beneath the skin.
Old Town
Status: Unregulated. Population: Volatile.
This is analogue survival. Technology is a curse to endure or a prize to strip and sell. Livings are made hunting the machines that hunt you—salvagers baiting patrols, cracking Reaper casings for chips in night‑markets under the rail.
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