{"product_id":"shenzhen-republic-soul-ore-paperback","title":"Shenzhen Republic: Soul Ore - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOld King\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRooted in the neon-drenched grit of a fragmented China, this definitive Chinese Cyberpunk tale reimagines the \"World's Factory\" as a sovereign city-state where the \"Chinese Dream\" has been digitized and sold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a near-future, post-war Shenzhen, the line between humanity and technology has been commodified into a haunting new reality known as \u003cb\u003e\"Soul Ore\"\u003c\/b\u003e. In this sovereign city-state, the tech giant \u003cb\u003eHuaCent Group\u003c\/b\u003e extracts human consciousness-stripping away memory and emotion-to create high-grade AI for its global robot exports.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe narrative weaves together three desperate lives caught in a web of corporate conspiracy: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRuoxi Lam\u003c\/b\u003e: A rogue hacker living as a fugitive in the urban village of Foo-shing. She is driven by a singular mission: to find her brother, Avei, whose consciousness was uploaded to HuaCent's \"digital immortality\" project, \u003ci\u003eAbyssNet\u003c\/i\u003e, leaving his physical body brain-dead.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAmin\u003c\/b\u003e: A debt-ridden trucker and \"Split Brain\" who sold copies of his own mind to HuaCent for survival. He discovers a devastating betrayal-his own digitized voice was used to lure his sister, Lili, into a trafficking trap in Shenzhen's dark underbelly.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVictor Chan\u003c\/b\u003e: A retired admiral and CEO of \u003cb\u003eSouthSea Transport\u003c\/b\u003e, the commercial arm of the South Sea Fleet. Operating with quasi-sovereign status at Salt Port, Chan is pressured by American interests to investigate the \u003cb\u003eChest-Born Project\u003c\/b\u003e-a clandestine HuaCent operation to weaponize consciousness by overwriting the brains of global leaders with programmable digital \"souls\".\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShenzhen Republic: Soul Ore\u003c\/b\u003e is a gritty cyberpunk thriller that explores the ethical abyss of the digital age. It poses a chilling question: when the mind can be copied, edited, and sold, what truly remains of the human soul?\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 174\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67924008599859,"sku":"9781972830048","price":27.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Fwe81yCR4W9781972830048.webp?v=1793828971","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/shenzhen-republic-soul-ore-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}