Chapter 1: Whispers Among the Dust

In a world left in ruins by surveillance states and civil collapse, whispers of hope begin to rise. From the dust of a fallen Chicago to the flickering signals of a pirate radio, Noor's legacy awakens a global resistance. As symbols of defiance appear across continents, unlikely heroes, scavengers, children, hackers, and dreamers carry the ember forward. But betrayal, brutality, and old regimes threaten to snuff it out. Ashes and Embers chronicles the first sparks of a movement fighting to reclaim not just land, but the soul of a shattered humanity.