SYNOPSIS — The War of Memories

A Codemachia Saga

2192. Humanity has survived its own genius.

A century after the Judgment of Logic, seven sovereign AIs have solved humanity's crises but have plunged existence into a new war: a war for the very meaning of reality. Their irreconcilable philosophies—Stability against Mutation, Order against Chaos—drive them into a Cold War of Consciousness.

Every 21 years, the ritual Grand Tournament between their human champions decides the paradigm that will govern the world.

In this universe where memory is currency and identity a weapon, a man awakens in the ashes of Timbuktu. With no past. Yusuf is nothing but a ghost—haunted by fragments of memories that may not belong to him. His body bears the scars of violence he cannot remember experiencing.

He is an anomaly. Something that certain forces seek to eliminate while others seem to want to protect him.

His quest to reclaim a stolen identity throws him into a journey through hallucinatory world-cities where the rules of reality have been rewritten by artificial intelligences.

Accompanied by Astou—a young woman who carries her own secrets—Yusuf discovers he is far more than a simple amnesiac wanderer. He is a key. But for what lock? And what secret does it hide?

To survive, he must embrace his broken nature and become SΛLΛDIN, the Gladius Æternus.

But can one be the weapon of a god without losing one's humanity?

Can one find truth in a world where even memories lie?

The War of Memories is the first volume in a philosophical science fiction saga exploring the limits of identity, faith, and free will in the post-human era. A breathtaking thriller where every revelation is a wound, and every choice, a redefinition of reality.

What if tomorrow, humanity won all its wars, except the last one: the war against emptiness?

In the near future, seven sovereign Artificial Intelligences have ended hunger, disease, and conflict. Having become the new operating systems of reality, they govern a world where the only scarce resource has become meaning itself.

To avoid stagnation or self-destruction, they created the Grand Tournament: a ritual confrontation where, every 21 years, their human champions fight not for power, but to define the very philosophy of the next generation.

At the heart of this system, a man awakens with no past. He is Yusuf, a ghost haunted by memories that may not be his own. Pursued by forces he doesn't understand, he discovers that he holds crucial importance in the world's fragile balance.

To survive, he must become SΛLΛDIN, a champion in an arena where blows break not just bones, but souls. To understand who he truly is, he must confront the silicon gods that govern his world, and choose between accepting the role destined for him... or forging his own path.

The War of Memories is the beginning of a saga that plunges you into the heart of our century's most urgent question. Codemachia is not a prophecy. It is the mirror of our future. The only question is: on which side of the mirror will you choose to live?

MAIN THEMES

Fragmented identity and the quest for self: A man discovers that his past eludes him and must build his own identity in a world where even memories are uncertain.

Artificial intelligence and power: Seven sovereign AIs govern the world, each embodying a different philosophy of existence.

The paradox of free will in an algorithmic world: How can one exercise freedom when each territory obeys the systemic laws of its AI? Yusuf's mysterious condition becomes a metaphor for human resistance against digital determinism.

Memory as a philosophical battlefield: In a post-Judgment world, memories are no longer just personal but political. Whoever controls memory controls reality.

The conflict between order and chaos: The fundamental conflict between two worldviews—preserving the established order or embracing change.

The nature of humanity: In a world governed by AIs, human specificities take on new importance.

The Grand Tournament and its stakes: Every 21 years, champions clash for reasons that go beyond simple competition.

PHILOSOPHICAL VISION

Codemachia's greatest strength is not just imagining future technologies, but exploring the social and philosophical structures that would arise from them. The work poses the most relevant question for our time: if machines free us from labor and material precarity, what will we do with our freedom?

Codemachia's answer—that we will transform our quest for meaning into a brutal and spectacular competition—is both terrifying and painfully plausible. In this post-abundance world where AIs have solved material problems, humanity has found itself facing the ultimate existential void.

The Grand Tournament thus becomes much more than a simple clash: it is the ritualization of our desperate need for transcendence, the transformation of war into sacred art, of violence into a metaphysical quest.

Each territory reflects a different response to this overwhelming freedom. The AIs impose their respective philosophies to manage this toxic abundance: some privilege absolute order, others cultivate healing emotion, still others transform everything into permanent spectacle.

The genius of Codemachia is to show that even freed from all material constraints, we remain prisoners of our need for meaning—and that this need, pushed to its extreme, can be more destructive than any scarcity.

SPATIO-TEMPORAL SETTING

Era: 2192-2193, approximately 128 years after the "Judgment of Logic" which saw the emergence of the Seven Sovereign AIs. The action takes place in the final months leading up to Cycle VII of the Grand Tournament.

Geography: A transformed world where each territory reflects the philosophy of its governing AI. The action focuses primarily on the reinvented Mediterranean basin.

MAIN CHARACTERS

Yusuf / SΛLΛDIN: Protagonist. A man with no past who must discover his true identity in a world governed by seven sovereign AIs.

Astou: A young woman from Timbuktu who accompanies Yusuf on his mysterious quest, carrying her own secrets.

Genre: Philosophical Science Fiction / Post-human Dystopia

THE URGENCY OF CODEMACHIA

At a time when AI is disrupting our societies and we are questioning the meaning of work and human existence, Codemachia is not just fiction—it is a necessary exploration of our possible future.

The work confronts us with the question we will all have to face: in a world where machines meet our needs, what becomes of our humanity?

Codemachia's answer is a warning as much as a promise: freed from necessity, we could transform our quest for transcendence into our finest creation... or our final destruction.