The Long Way Home – A Cyberpunk Odyssey

Ody Dias was never supposed to return.

Declared dead after a black-ops mission gone wrong, the cybernetically enhanced soldier is stranded in the lawless sprawl of Neo-Troja, hunted by the very government that created him. His only goal: to make it back to New Ithaca, the floating city where his wife and son still believe he’s a ghost.

But the journey home is anything but simple.

Navigating a world of digital smugglers, rogue AI, and corporate warlords, Ody must survive the Lotophages, who offer the comfort of endless illusion, and the AI Sirens, who whisper false promises through lost transmissions. He battles the Ghost Fleet, a collective of exiled soldiers, and outwits Polyphemus, a forgotten security AI that sees all intruders as enemies.

When he finally reaches New Ithaca, it is no longer the city he left behind. His former allies have turned against him. His wife, Penny, has fought to keep their family safe in his absence, but now she faces a new threat: Anton Telamon, a powerful corporate kingmaker who wants Ody erased—for good.

Stripped of his weapons, his resources, and the identity he once held, Ody must infiltrate his own home, expose the betrayal within, and reclaim the life that was stolen from him. But as New Ithaca teeters on the brink of chaos, he begins to wonder—can a man built for war ever truly find peace?

A gripping cyberpunk odyssey of loyalty, survival, and the battle for identity in a world that forgets its heroes.