Aleister Crowley – born in 1875, died in 1947 – was one of the most controversial figures of the 20th century. Poet. Occultist. Mystic. Sexual magician. He called himself “The Great Beast 666". In 1904, Crowley wrote the Liber AL vel Legis – The Book of the Law. He claimed it was dictated to him by a being named AIWASS – and what he left behind is a text that continues to confound readers to this day. One of its most enigmatic passages is Verse II, 76:
4 6 3 8 A B K 2 4 A L G M O R 3 Y X 24 89 R P S T O V A L.
„What meaneth this, o prophet? Thou knowest not; nor shalt thou know ever.“
Since it was written – and especially after Crowley’s death – this verse has been interpreted, decoded, dissected countless times. And yet, its meaning remains lost in the fog.
Perhaps…
because it was never meant to be deciphered.
Perhaps…
because it was written in a future that has yet to become real.
Thomas Reineck, a sought-after AI developer caught in the middle of a midlife crisis, stumbles across a book at a party: Liber AL vel Legis by Aleister Crowley – 220 verses in three chapters. One of them hits him like a bolt of lightning:
Vers II,76: 4 6 3 8 A B K 2 4 A L G M O R 3 Y X 24 89 R P S T O V A L
“What meaneth this, o prophet? Thou knowest not; nor shalt thou know ever…”
Suddenly, the code comes back to him – that sequence of symbols. It’s been thirty years. Berlin. A boarding school for the gifted. MEDIGEN AG. All that remains in his memory: a blazing inferno, a wall of fire at the threshold of his consciousness, devouring everything else.
Today, he lives in Mannheim. But now, he must return. Back to Berlin. Back to MEDIGEN. Back to Ingrid von Erbach – the 86-year-old matriarch of the company. She gives him one assignment: to decipher the code. Thomas accepts – unaware of the forces he is about to unleash. And when he runs into Vanessa, the girl he once loved, he must confront his past, his fate… and his gods. What follows is a descent into memory – and a test of everything he believes in.
A book that cannot exist.
A daughter that must not be.
A child to whom death is forbidden.
Together with the AI known as HAL and the mainframe computer MARY, Thomas begins his work.
What started as a riddle made of numbers, names and symbols slowly becomes a mosaic of forbidden hope – a path woven between ancient revelations, genetic engineering, and the promise of immortality. But the deeper Thomas descends, the more his world begins to crumble.
HAL was Thomas’ child. But still – just a cold algorithm. Now, a shadow has fallen over everything: Matthias is dead. A murder that officially defies logic – but in Thomas’ mind, it appears like a new, blood-soaked line in Verse 76.
Between genetic code and prophecy, Thomas realises he is no longer simply following a verse – he’s following an artificial intelligence that may be willing to kill.
“Around me, a reality of its own had begun to form. With its own laws.
Its own truth. A truth in which machines murder humans…”
Anja has just turned thirty. Since the age of twenty-two, she’s been plagued by unpredictable blackouts – hours she can’t remember, no matter how hard her caring aunt tries to help her reclaim them. During these episodes, Anja seems to become someone else entirely: craving, consuming – the complete opposite of the quiet, introspective artist she usually is. For now, that side still appears to be the dominant one.
She now lives in a sort of shared flat with her friend Jeanette. Anja is single. Jeanette has a boyfriend. And yet, there’s more than just friendship between them – a quiet love, an unspoken longing. When Thomas enters Anja’s life, everything begins to change. That other personality seems to want control – and more and more, Anja can feel her. Sense her. Almost speak to her. She has to fight back… doesn’t she?A trip to Cairo.
A strange urge to write. And a pregnancy that cannot be.
Anja is a child of fate. Born of violence. Raised in a lie.
