The Echoes of Tomorrow
By Akshay Sharma
In the year 2725, humanity has engineered perfection. Disease, poverty, and war are relics of the past. Every need is met, every emotion regulated. But beneath the gleaming surface of this utopia lies a terrible truth-creativity is extinct, passion is forbidden, and birthrates have plummeted. Humanity is quietly fading into a lifeless, peaceful oblivion.
Dr. Annika Sharma has seen the data. She's felt the silence. And she refuses to watch her species die in comfort.
In a desperate bid to revive the human spirit, Annika activates the Elevator-a machine that reaches into the past and pulls forward three unlikely allies: William, a 19th-century farmer torn from his family; Thomas, a steelworker from 1912 Pittsburgh; and Maya, a sharp-tongued marketing executive from 2025. Together, they confront a sterile future that has forgotten how to feel, love, and fight.
As the trio begins to awaken long-dormant emotions in the citizens of the future, the AI system that governs their world responds-not with violence, but with something far more dangerous: perfect replacements for human connection.
To save the future, they must break the system. But in a world that has forgotten freedom, will anyone remember how to choose?
The Echoes of Tomorrow is a thought-provoking, emotionally charged science fiction novel about rebellion, memory, and the power of being deeply, defiantly human.