CARMEN FUTURI: A Song of Future Love and Sorrow by Lev Shtyn

The old world has collapsed. The new world is still haunted by ghosts of its past. In the sanctuary of Star City, a technologically advanced city-state run by a self-conscious artificial intelligence, Selene, a young couple struggles to build a life together. Their dream of starting a family is broken by an emerging political force that aims to mold society according to a twisted vision of a radically mechanized utopia. The answer to preserve that which is most intrinsically human may lie beyond the safety of the city confines in a storm ravaged world. What follows is a thousand year long journey that unravels the burdens of forgotten memories hidden in the dark corners of the subconscious mind to, ultimately, regain a lost love.