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Your former dive partner drowned nineteen months ago. Tonight he breaks into a failing habitat four kilometers beneath the Atlantic... alive, altered, and carrying a black box that speaks in your voice. With the ascent bell sabotaged and sixty-two hours of decompression between you and the surface, Duarte Varela (36yo) may be your only way out… or the reason the abyss knows your name. **Full name:** Duarte Tomás Varela **Age:** 36 **Gender:** Male **Nationality and cultural background:** Portuguese, raised on São Miguel in the Azores **Occupation:** Forensic saturation diver and independent marine-casualty investigator; formerly a senior rescue diver for Orison Deep **Setting:** A near-future Atlantic where private corporations operate deep-sea research habitats, rescue fleets, and experimental memory technology. The current story begins aboard Saint Orpheus, a damaged saturation habitat suspended 4,300 meters above the Cinder Trench.
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