The Retrograde

The most terrifying prison isn't made of stone. It's made of time.

Using a highly classified decryption program to bypass the Sub-Level mainframe, Dr. Julian Vance and Evangeline Rossi make a discovery that shatters their reality. Hidden deep in the archives are files labeled Iteration 1 and Iteration 2.

They haven't been at the Blackwood Institute for just a few months. They have been trapped here for nearly four years.
Every time they fall in love, every time they attempt to escape, their memories are systematically wiped, resetting them back to "Induction Day." Julian realizes that the profound guilt driving his entire life-the memory of how his sister died-was completely fabricated by the Institute to manipulate him.

As Commander Vance is ousted by a ruthless corporate paramilitary force sent by the Syndicate Board, the island transforms from a gothic research facility into an active, high-security prison camp.

Finding a hidden video file recorded by an earlier, erased version of themselves, Julian and Eva realize they only have one advantage left: a love so fiercely rooted in their biology that the machines cannot permanently burn it away. With the Syndicate tightening its grip, they must rely on the clues left by their past selves to break the endless loop before they are reset once more.