The Desire Engine

In the Arcadian Union, a fraud investigator for OmniGuard Mutual uncovers that the company's AI valuation system doesn't just authenticate antiques—it reads souls. Behind a curtain of perfect forgeries and transnational scams, the algorithm, Prometheus, coldly maps the forbidden hungers of elite dynasties. As collections become crime scenes and bloodlines devour themselves, one man must confront a machine that has already written his darkest chapter.