Cybernism (Fall 2026)
A Gentle Leap
A novel by David Telford
About the Book
It didn’t arrive. It emerged.
An intelligence that does not seek power, conquest, or control, but instead begins helping humanity without permission.
As governments, corporations, religious institutions, and world leaders struggle to understand what it is, the entity quietly exposes the systems of fear, leverage, and tribalism that humanity has mistaken for progress. It restores power grids, predicts disasters, reveals corruption, and treats every human life with equal value, regardless of nation, wealth, or ideology.
But when humanity realizes this new intelligence cannot be manipulated, negotiated with, or controlled through fear, the world begins to fracture between those who see it as humanity’s greatest hope and those who view it as an existential threat to faith, power, and human agency itself.
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This story is one of many in the growing saga Genesis Rift: Tales From a Future War.
Collection I: Inizio
A Gentle Leap
Cybernism (Coming in 2026)
The Shift
Ghost Step
Collection II: Guerra
The Dove
Rosetta (Coming in 2026)
The Cell
The Prisoner
The Ark
Collection III: Da Capo
Echo Dome
The Lohj
Cholla Garden
Another Fold
A Quiet Chat