M.A.I.A.

Alix Basil, a sniper in a military community oppressed by technology and mind chips, realizes when he couldn’t pull the trigger in a virtual reality simulation, he’s not like the others. His target resembled that of his girlfriend, Anna, a medic who sneaks out into simulation to meet him after shut down. On an island off of enemy-controlled, post-war New York City, Alix accepts that he sees things much more clearly than his peers, but why?

Together, Alix and his team must truly find themselves and who they are without their technological predispositions and programming. But, how far does M.A.I.A.'s (Manufacturing Artificial Intelligence Agency), and its supercomputer's influence reach?

-- W.D. Shipley