The Green Fever Compact

The Green Fever Compact: How a Rogue Botanist and a Corporate Defector Unleashed a Living Pandemic to Save a Dying Planet** by Kathryn Estes In 2097, the Earth is a fractured wasteland, gasping for survival under the weight of its own destruction. The air is thick with industrial decay, the oceans churn with refuse, and megacities suffocate beneath unbreathable skies. Humanity’s attempts to mitigate climate collapse have been too little, too late, and too mired in profit-driven agendas to make a difference. Enter *Viriditas Ultima*, a peculiar strain of moss discovered by Dr. Callix Irah, a rogue botanist whose brilliance is as unorthodox as his methods. This moss thrives in the most inhospitable conditions, absorbing carbon dioxide at an exponential rate and rejuvenating barren soil with a biofilm that turns lifeless dirt into fertile ground in hours. But there’s a catch: it grows with terrifying speed and voracity, parasitizing nearby flora and fauna. It is both savior and scourge. When Callix, haunted by the loss of his wife and daughter to toxic air, decides to unleash *Viriditas Ultima* as a last-ditch effort to force humanity to confront its inertia, he doesn’t act alone. Tavi Orun, a disillusioned PR executive from the corporate behemoth AetherGen, defects with a cache of classified files exposing the company’s predatory practices. Together, they form an uneasy alliance in the ruins of a once-thriving rainforest, united by the belief that survival demands radical action. Their plan is audacious: unleash the moss across the globe, forcing governments, corporations, and individuals to face the consequences of their inaction. But their vision is not without its detractors. AetherGen, led by the ruthless CEO Solara Veylen, seeks to weaponize the moss for profit, developing a lethal strain to eradicate the original. As the moss spreads, its effects are both miraculous and catastrophic—overrunning cities with lush greenery, rejuvenating soil, and destabilizing ecosystems. People are divided into factions: those who see the moss as a divine intervention and those who view it as a bioterrorist threat.