Harvest Protocol

Harvest Protocol

Invaders of Eden, Book 2

The pattern is no longer silent.

Across the globe, coordinated biological shifts accelerate: invasive species vanish overnight. Coral reefs regenerate at impossible speed. Crop yields surge-then collapse.

A message finally resolves within the atmospheric interference:

HARVEST PROTOCOL INITIATED.

But harvest of what?

When Eden Prime's systems begin syncing without human authorization, Lira discovers the invaders are not extracting resources.

They are extracting data-

ecological resilience models, adaptive genetics, behavioral responses to planetary stress.

Humanity has been running a test.

And the evaluation period is ending.

Divided between those who see the presence as salvation and those who see it as erasure, the global alliance fractures. Some believe Earth is being prepared for restoration.

Others fear it is being prepared for replacement.

Because the data suggests something terrifying:

The harvest may not include us.