The Latency of Tomorrow

Synopsis

Shenzhen, 2026. Engineer Lin Yanchuan opens a file his older brother sent five days ago. Fourteen minutes are missing from an industrial report. His brother is missing from the world. What begins as a family search draws Yanchuan into the machinery of a changing century, where intelligent systems can plan almost everything except the price of believing them. A grounded science fiction novel about uncertainty, responsibility, and the people no forecast can replace.