Save Scumming

Nine months from now, Fortress ENE—her home and one of North America’s last safe cities—falls to a monstrous invasion. The same portals humanity exploited for power become its ruin. She dies in the slaughter. Then she wakes up. Armed with the ability to set Save points and Reload at will, she has nine months to unravel the conspiracy behind the breach: which corporation profits, which shadowy figures orchestrated the collapse. Her resources? A dingy apartment, a job interview she’s already aced once, and Mister Couchtop, her perpetually unimpressed British shorthair. Time loops are her weapon, but every reload burns another piece of her sanity. The clock ticks down, the conspiracy deepens, and the only question left is whether she can outmaneuver fate before her saves run out.