Original Early Re-Cog Graphic Novel Cover

Re-Cognization

by Shayne Metcalfe

Genre: Neo-noir / Sci-Fi Drama
Setting: Middle River – a near-future industrial city with an ‘80s aesthetic, gas-fumed streets, neon decay, and a corporate underbelly.

Logline

In a crumbling city addicted to nostalgia and technology, a recovering addict fighting for a second chance is forced to battle a corporate giant’s mind-control implants—only to discover that saving others might mean re-wiring her own past.

Synopsis

Middle River, a city built on oil and steel, now thrives on something more invasive: Re-Cognization—neural implants promising to cure every human flaw, sold by the megacorp Xanadu.