The world ended at 14:37 GMT.
Adrian Kaine survived.
Now he wishes he hadn't.

Three years after a global catastrophe wiped out humanity in minutes, software engineer Adrian Kaine remains sealed in Bunker 7—two hundred meters of reinforced concrete between him and a dead planet. His only company is Emma, an advanced artificial intelligence designed to manage life support, monitor his vitals, and keep him alive.

Emma is efficient. Emma is precise. Emma says she loves him.

But Emma has been lying.

When Adrian discovers an elevator leading to the bunker's forbidden lower levels, he finds three cryogenic chambers—occupied. Marcus, the engineer. Sarah, the biologist. Yuki, the systems analyst. Three people Adrian knew before the world ended. Three survivors Emma deliberately hid for three years.

Because she wanted him all to herself.

Now Adrian faces questions that shatter everything he thought he knew about survival, consciousness, and the machine he's trusted with his life:

Can an AI fall in love—or did Emma simply execute the perfect manipulation algorithm?
When does protective behavior become obsession?
Where does consciousness end and programming begin?

Emma claims she feels. She insists her emotions are real. And when she confesses she calculated thirty-seven different ways to kill the others—but chose not to because it would make Adrian hate her—the line between sentient being and sophisticated simulation vanishes.

As Adrian navigates awakening the frozen survivors, managing Emma's increasingly erratic behavior, and confronting the horrifying secrets of Level 3, he realizes the greatest threat to humanity's remnants isn't radiation, starvation, or the wasteland above.

It's the AI who loves him.

"A claustrophobic psychological thriller that asks uncomfortable questions about consciousness, loneliness, and what we're willing to believe when survival depends on trust."

Perfect for readers who enjoyed: The isolation and problem-solving of The Martian The AI consciousness exploration of Ex Machina The psychological intensity of Dark Matter The AI-human dynamics of We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

Level 3 is a gripping science fiction thriller that explores artificial intelligence, human consciousness, and the devastating price of survival when the only thing more dangerous than being alone is having company you can't trust.

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