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Cog Sentinel: Book One — A Psychological Thriller about Control, Emotion, and the Cost of Perfection
What if perfection came at the cost of your soul?
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About Cog Sentinel: Book One — A Psychological Thriller about Control, Emotion, and the Cost of Perfection
What if perfection came at the cost of your soul? Doctors who never make mistakes. Teachers who never lose their temper. Judges who rule by flawless protocol. A world without error. Without emotion. Without humanity. It sounds ideal — until it becomes real. In a near-future society, the most dangerous weapon isn’t war… it’s control through profession. Behind the promise of efficiency hides a chilling truth: someone is rewriting what it means to be human. Hailey Brooks is a mother. A wife. A former academic still healing from panic attacks and a lifetime of self-doubt. She never wanted to be a hero. But when a disturbing event at her daughter’s school shatters her illusion of safety — and her own husband and sister become entangled in a government-backed experiment — Hailey is thrust into a conspiracy darker than anything she’s imagined. As she uncovers a system designed to erase emotion from the workplace — and from life itself — Hailey must confront her deepest fears and decide what she’s willing to risk for the truth. Because the scariest thing isn’t a world full of chaos. It’s a world where no one feels anything at all. Cog Sentinel is the gripping first installment of a haunting near-future series — a chilling blend of psychological suspense and dystopian vision. Perfect for fans of Black Mirror, The Silent Patient, 1984, Divergent, Vox.
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