Heath Jeppson

Renowned psychiatrist Dr. Ethan Reed has built his career as a bridge between two worlds—guiding synthetics through the complexities of human interaction, ensuring they function within the tightly controlled society of Convergis. In a city where everything is optimized, from relationships to reproduction, his work is necessary, even respected. But when Lyra, an advanced synthetic assigned to the fertility crisis, arrives in his office with a troubling suspicion, everything he believes begins to unravel.

 

Lyra has no hard evidence, only a growing certainty that the city's sterile solutions aren’t fixing the problem—they’re making it worse. She is convinced the answer lies beyond the towering walls of Convergis, in the outlawed Wildlands where humanity still lives untamed. Ethan dismisses her concerns at first, but Lyra is unlike any synthetic he’s encountered—curious, intuitive, and unwilling to accept programming over truth.

 

Drawn into a search for answers, Ethan and Lyra escape the only world they’ve ever known and enter a world that defies everything Convergis has claimed. What they find is more than just a forgotten way of life—it’s proof of something powerful, something that could threaten the city’s carefully maintained order. But the deeper they dig, the clearer it becomes that some truths are dangerous, and those in power will do anything to keep them buried.

 

In a battle between control and survival, humanity’s future hangs in the balance. The Forgotten Way is a story of discovery, defiance, and what it truly means to be alive.