The Symbol Anna Can't Stop Drawing

Every morning after the dream, Anna Matrix reaches for her sketchbook and tries to draw the woman she saw — the crimson eyes, the gleaming skin. And every morning, her hand betrays her.

Instead of a face, it draws a symbol: a warped "T" fused with a reversed "C," a dot pulsing at the center. Again. And again. As if something inside her is trying to send a message her conscious mind can't read.

Readers who finish Book One will start to understand why that particular shape matters — and why it should scare her. In the world of Metallic Souls, symbols aren't decoration. They're claims of ownership. The organizations that run Martian society from behind layers of bureaucracy don't announce themselves with speeches; they mark things. Buildings. Technology. People.

The fact that this mark flows out of Anna's own hand, unbidden, raises the question that drives the conspiracy at the heart of the series: what exactly was done to her, who did it, and how long have they been watching to see if it worked?

By the final chapters of Book One — with titles like "I'm Not Alone" and "Being Watched" — you'll have your first answers. You won't like them. Anna certainly doesn't.

Decode the symbol in Book One → Original artwork from the series is on our tees and hoodies.