Out of Control Zone

At a remote military base amid violet sands on the planet, Zoya, warrant officer Karim Abasov tries to understand what the “incident,” long since closed in the reports, truly turned into. The disappearance of a universal soldier known as Grey, inexplicable equipment failures, pressure from the corporate security service, and the maneuvers of hidden players force Karim to doubt the usual explanations. What if an elf is not merely a scarce material, but a variable that disrupts cause-and-effect? What if a weapon can do more than just carry out orders—and can choose?

A science-fiction novel about the limits of controllability, the fragility of regulations, and a person’s responsibility toward those they are accustomed to treating as tools. About the instant when the system stumbles—and an initiative arises that no protocol has ever provided for.