The Vanishing Train

In the heart of Lisbon, where the Tagus River meets the Atlantic, a pulse flickered through the digital ether-a whisper of code, a shadow of intent. It was 2025, and the world stood on the cusp of a new era, where technology promised to bind humanity closer than ever before. But beneath the surface, a storm was brewing.Elena Voss, a former NSA analyst turned rogue hacker, sat in a dimly lit café, her fingers dancing over a cracked laptop. The screen glowed with encrypted messages, each a thread in a web of deceit spun by a shadowy syndicate known only as 'The Architects.' Their goal: to harness artificial intelligence to control global systems-financial markets, military defenses, communication networks