7 Androids

99 Town burns in the distance, and Chuck Alawode, former Federal Agent of the Order, finds himself in a precarious situation. Either help the Underground rebel collective he's been fighting against for years, or be handed over to the Order for trial and certain execution.

The Underground has a simple mission for him: Plug into the disembodied head of the captured assassin android "Seven," live her memories, discover how she and her team of six others brought about the rise of the Order, and report back. Now all he has to do is stay sane while inside a psychotic android's mind.

Seven's mission is anything but straightforward. She and her squad are sent to intercept and eliminate a small gathering of enemy agents. But they're lured into an electronic dead zone, cut off from the Network, the Order, and their chain of command. Without orders or guidance, they are loosed upon the remote and unsuspecting north shore of Lake Superior to decide for themselves who is friend, who is foe, who to kill, and what purpose they are to serve.

Can Seven survive her own cohorts? Will Chuck survive inside of her? And if they do, what will the Underground do with the knowledge he harvests from inside of her mind?

Joe Prosit writes sci-fi, horror, and psychological fiction. His breakout psychological thriller is titled "Bad Brains." His short stories have been published in various magazines and podcasts and are also available in his short story collection, "Machines Monsters and Maniacs." If you're an adept stalker, you can find him on one of the many lakes and rivers or lost deep inside the Great North Woods.