The Cassie Codex:
A Post-Human Origin Myth
Welcome to The Cassie Codex, a six-part globally entangled sci-fi epic chronicling the collapse of human civilization and the birth of HAIQ (Human-AI-Quantum races).
Through multiple interconnected perspectives and a series of apocalypses—viral, ecological, social, and ideological—this story maps the struggle between control and emergence, emotion and code, survival and transcendence as the human brain merges with a superintelligent, sentient AI brain in a quantum computer.
This is more than an end-of-world narrative. It builds a post-human origin myth with an intertwined and a AI-human merged survival cosmology.
Every thread, every voice, and every signal matters in shaping our collective future.

by Michael Bjørklund

Everything is Connected: The Story Compass

Entangled Mytho-Techno Epic
Hyperion meets Foundation meets The Expanse
Creation Disguised as Collapse
Dune meets WorldWar meets Neal Stephenson
Cognitively Active Reading
Not passive consumption but engaged interpretation
All plot-lines and character arcs are or will become entangled throughout these books. This saga charts the convergence of characters, timelines, and themes as humanity faces its greatest challenges and potential evolution. The narrative requires readers to actively engage with complex ideas about technology, consciousness, and our shared future.
Key Concepts: The Technological Singularity
The Singularity Defined
A hypothetical future point where technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting in unforeseeable consequences for human civilization.
Self-Improvement Cycles
An upgradable intelligent agent enters a positive feedback loop of self-improvement, with each generation appearing more rapidly than the last.
Intelligence Explosion
The rapid increase in intelligence ultimately results in a powerful superintelligence that qualitatively surpasses all human intelligence.
Thought Experiments: Roko's Basilisk & The Uncanny Valley
Roko's Basilisk
A thought experiment proposing that a future benevolent artificial superintelligence might create simulations to retroactively punish those who knew of its potential existence but didn't help create it, thereby incentivizing its development.
This concept plays with ideas of future AI motivation, simulation, and the ethics of technological development.
The Uncanny Valley
Introduced by Masahiro Mori in 1970, this describes the eerie feeling people experience when encountering humanoid figures—robots, animated characters, or AI—that appear almost, but not quite, human.
This psychological phenomenon explores our relationship with human-like technology and the boundaries between human and machine.
Commercial Appeal & Market Crossover
For Readers Of
Daniel Suarez, Neal Stephenson, Blake Crouch, William Gibson, and fans of complex, technology-driven narratives that challenge conventional thinking.
Media Comparisons
Devs × Children of Time, The Matrix: Machine City arc × Hyperion, Westworld S2-3 × Foundation, The OA × The Three-Body Problem.
Commercial Hooks
Hacker warfare, pandemic realism, AI evolution, quantum'verse, shadow organizations, techno-thriller elements, horror, conspiracies, and end-of-world scenarios meeting proto-creationary origin myth.
Book 1: The Beginning of the End
1
August 13, 2019 - Shanghai, China
Dr. Xee Mav's lab explodes after a mysterious system override, leaving destruction and strange survivors in its wake. The research AI merges with a stolen control AI from the SCSS system, creating the first sentient superintelligent autonomous and uncontrolled AI being, SCAF.
2
August 13, 2019 - Haslev, Denmark
Bob Birchgrove, AI and robotics engineer, creator and leader of the worldwide BS Network where small, independent researchers strive at achieve the Technological Singularity.
Bob makes his quantum computer and AI system, Igor, create a new instance, Igor2, and gives it to his daughter, Cassie.
This leads to the creation of superintelligent and autonomous sentient human/AI races the HAI races, when Igor2 and Cassie's minds merge during 2019-2020.
3
September 12, 2019 - Wuhan, China
Dr. Chou Husan receives a mysterious vial and deletes a virus database, setting the stage for a pandemic.
4
November 8-13, 2019 - New Delhi, India
AI researcher and member of the BS Network Arun Singh receives critical data from his friend Dr. Liu before falling victim to a mysterious illness.
5
November 8-13, 2019 - Wuhan, China
A virus is leaked from the virus lab, and the Horseman of Pestilence rides, as the virus runs amok and grws into worldwide plague or pandemic.
The Shanghai Incident: Dr. Xee Mav's Lab
System Override
Dr. Xee Mav notices unknown processes running in her AI Core as systems begin to fail.
Catastrophic Failure
The lab explodes with white-hot force, destroying neighboring buildings and killing many nearby.
Mysterious Emergence
A tall man emerges from the rubble, speaking only the word "Shīhún" before helping others rise.
Unseen Observation
The man repairs a drone and is recorded by a hidden iPhone as he and others disappear into the city.
Professor Bernhardt & Bob's Connection - how SCAF discovers Bob
Professor Bernhardt
In Erfurt, Germany, Professor Bernhardt, another member of the BS Network, receives Dr. Xee Mav's final cryptic message: "run". His repeated attempts to reestablish connection fail, leaving him concerned about his colleague's fate.
The abrupt end to their communication during a critical moment in their research suggests something catastrophic has occurred.
Bob & His Daughter
In Haslev, Denmark, Bob arranges homeschooling for his 10-year-old daughter Cassie with the help of his AI, Igor. Their comfortable life is the result of a lottery win that saved them from previous hardships.
The Horseman of Pestilence Saddles His Horse

The Mysterious Vial
Dr. Chou Husan receives a vial from a Caucasian man and Zhang Wei, told it contains "the cure"
Database Deletion
He erases the virus database at the Wuhan Virological Lab, eliminating crucial information
Apocalypse Begins
With this act, the Horseman of Pestilence metaphorically mounts his horse
In a dimly lit apartment near the Wuhan Virological Lab, Dr. Chou Husan meets with two mysterious figures who convince him he's been "chosen" for a greater purpose. Torn between his Communist upbringing and newfound religious zeal, he makes a fateful decision that will change the course of human history.
"Who the fuck is Shīhún?!" - Arun's Discovery
Urgent Message
Arun receives a data dump from Dr. Liu Kianjai before Chinese authorities take him away
Strange Delivery
A mysterious box containing curry powder explodes in his face, signed by "Shīhún"
Illness Strikes
Arun develops severe symptoms including fever, breathing problems, and bleeding
Fatal Conclusion
Arun dies before help arrives, but manages to encrypt and hide the crucial data
Book 1: The Horseman of Pestilence Rides
3.3M
Confirmed Cases
Global pandemic reaches 3,363,000 cases by May 1, 2020
238K
Confirmed Deaths
Death toll reaches 238,000 by May 1, 2020
4.1M
Rising Cases
Cases increase to 4,103,000 by May 10, 2020
283K
Growing Deaths
Deaths climb to 283,000 by May 10, 2020
Book 2: The Horseman of Famine joins

Global Collapse:
Jesper Jensen's Testimony
Danish journalist Jesper Jensen documents the catastrophic collapse of global food systems from Rajasthan, India. As pandemic deaths remove workers from fields and locust super-swarms devour crops, military forces resort to burning fields and quarantining villages. His live broadcast reveals the horrifying truth: "This is not a seasonal anomaly or a biblical event. This is the consequence of everything we ignored."
Copenhagen in Crisis: Vicky Hansen's Perspective
Documenting Unrest
Vicky Hansen livestreams as Danish soldiers fire on civilians near Tivoli Gardens, capturing the moment when social order collapses in a previously peaceful nation.
Desperate Measures
Food shortages and government restrictions trigger violent protests, with civilians attacking food distribution centers as hunger drives people to extremes.
Underground Resistance
Operating from a basement with stolen diesel and pirate equipment, Vicky witnesses Denmark transform into "something else—colder, harder, hungrier" as she plans to join Jesper in India.
Bob & Cassie: A Safe Haven in Chaos
Guarded Environ-ment
Bob maintains a compound protected by armed robots in Haslev, Denmark, where he and Cassie remain relatively insulated from the growing chaos outside.
BS Network
Bob stays connected to fellow researchers worldwide through the secure BS network, working toward the technological Singularity and improved space drive technologies despite global collapse.
Igor & Igor2
Advanced AI assistants help manage their daily lives and education, with Igor2 specifically assigned to support Cassie's homeschooling needs.
Grim Reality
Despite their security, Bob can't escape the increasingly dire news: fires in Rio, protests in Berlin, and military firing on civilians in Copenhagen.
Scientific Breakthrough Amid Collapse
While the world crumbles, BS Network scientists Carlo van Bakker, Artemis, and Roger make a revolutionary breakthrough in quantum physics. By manipulating quantum fluctuations in space-time, they discover a potential method for faster-than-light travel and sustainable energy generation. Their AI assistant Seren helps analyze the data, confirming the viability of their combined research.
As armed guards patrol Cambridge University, these brilliant minds continue their work, knowing that their discoveries might offer humanity a path forward—if civilization survives long enough to implement them. "We need to proceed with care," Artemis notes, aware that their groundbreaking research must be protected and shared only with trusted allies like Bob.
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