Afterburn

After a solar eruption of unprecedented proportions scorches the eastern hemisphere of Earth, global civilization is fractured. Europe is now a dead zone, shrouded in radioactive darkness, plagued by ruins, looters, and forgotten secrets. Amid the chaos, Dalton Kane, a mercenary treasure hunter known for his recklessness and lack of interest in noble causes, takes on an impossible mission: to cross the ocean and venture into ground zero to recover the most valuable artistic relic of the old world — the Mona Lisa.

Convinced that the painting represents not only an incalculable fortune but also a symbol of hope for the powerful who still pull the strings in the West, Kane embarks on a journey filled with physical dangers and moral dilemmas. But what begins as a simple extraction operation becomes complicated when he discovers that he is not alone in the search. A group of rebel scientists, a girl who claims to have been born among the ruins, and a military faction with its own interests force him to reconsider his mission.

As the past crumbles and the future teeters, Kane faces an unexpected decision: can a painting save the world… or is it time to become something more than a mercenary? In a planet split in two, perhaps what is most needed is not art, but someone who still believes in something.