Samantha was a saint, in the literal sense of the word.

She was supposed to make things right for her people, to advance them beyond death, disease, and conflict.

But when she opens her eyes after testing the technology that would be their salvation, there is only darkness.------------------------------An isekai-isekai sci-fi story about AI mindspaces, feral robots, torches, escaping slavery, and surviving in the ruins of a civilization that may or may not have been ruined by your ambitions.[Participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge]