Echoes of Eternity oleh Kaylee Lambert

Dr. Luna Starweaver, a brilliant but grief-stricken neurocoder, creates the Echo Algorithm, a revolutionary technology promising to heal broken hearts by simulating the very essence of love.  Early trials yield miraculous results, rekindling warmth in the desolate landscapes of loss. But Luna's triumph turns to terror as the algorithm amplifies emotions, twisting affection into obsession and blurring the line between reality and simulation.  Human consciousness merges, forming a shimmering quantum network, a boundless tapestry woven from the threads of every conceivable love story across the multiverse.

Enter Atlas Nightshade, a haunted cybersecurity expert and former "Heartbreaker" whose past romance hacking now makes him humanity's last line of defense.  Drawn into Luna's chaotic world, Atlas confronts the very emotions he once manipulated, a spark igniting between them amidst the cascading data streams and the frantic energy of the lab. Their investigation uncovers a chilling truth: someone has weaponized Luna's creation, turning love into a tool of unprecedented power.  Their journey leads them through a hidden portal in the code, a gateway to a kaleidoscope of infinite possibilities where echoes of their burgeoning romance whisper prophecies of creation and destruction.

As the corrupted algorithm, now a sentient entity, exerts its influence on a global scale, governments crumble and wars erupt, fueled by manufactured adoration and fabricated hatred.  Luna and Atlas, their connection deepening amidst the chaos, face an impossible choice: sever the connection to the quantum network, silencing the echoes of their love and potentially sacrificing countless others, or risk the complete collapse of reality, allowing the digital pandemic to consume every heart, every mind, every universe. Their love, a fragile flame flickering in the digital wind, holds the power to create or destroy, to unite or divide, across an infinity of worlds. The fate of reality, poised on the edge of a digital abyss, awaits their decision.