About the Book

The year is 2079. In New America, depression doesn’t exist—because anyone who can’t maintain perfect happiness simply disappears. When Gaylen Andrews loses his wife and daughter, his grief makes him a target for the Domestic Awareness Agency. The government’s cure? Forced affirmations and mandatory joy.

Desperate for escape, Gaylen descends into the underground—a hidden world of violence, addiction, and forbidden emotions. There he meets two opposing forces: those who believe humanity’s dark nature must be embraced, and the Lightbringers, who teach that darkness loses power when brought to light. As citizens vanish for showing “imperfect thinking,” Gaylen uncovers terrifying truths about his society’s perfect facade.

When betrayal and violence erupt in the underground, Gaylen faces an impossible choice. In a world built on the law of attraction—where positive thinking supposedly creates reality—what happens when someone dares to think negative thoughts? Some revolutions require weapons. This one demands something far more dangerous: authenticity. A prescient thriller about toxic positivity taken to its logical extreme, where the right to feel becomes the ultimate act of rebellion.