Subvert

As directed by his totalitarian state, Sam, an Ibrida, works as an AI engineer to serve his homeworld, Utopia, and his Creators, The Naoum. Questioning the scriptures preached to him daily by the Hierarchs; Sam uses his skills as an engineer to Subvert and create SID, a Heretical AI. Using SID, he searches for truth in otherworldly life. When SID finally picks up on Christina's signal, a young woman in post-societal America, Sam's political dissidence expands beyond Utopia. Evading the Hierarchs, he aids Christina in her search for her mother through an apocalyptic wilderness. Along the way, they both learn morality is not always black and white, and sometimes chaos is the only way to finding the truth; perception is only half of reality.

Subvert explores what happens when individuals must make decisions outside of what their society permits. As Sam guides Christina through interactions with other scared individuals, groups, and the natural world, their commitment to obedience weakens, only to be replaced by a commitment to direct action. While their relationship begins with the search for Christina's mother, their journey matures into a larger search for truth; not only exploring what it is but how it emerges from one’s decisions.