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BLiND
“The only thing more dangerous than being blind… is opening your eyes.”
Jakari Burns is a 24-year-old Black screenwriter with dreams of changing the world—until the world starts changing him. From the retail floor to the film industry’s inner circles, Jakari rises fast. But with every step up, something feels off. His stories are rewritten. His authenticity is filtered. His truth is swallowed by a system that claims to want voices like his—so long as they don’t speak too loudly.
BLiND is a meta-psychological thriller and philosophical drama that explores the thin line between art and manipulation, perception and reality, truth and performance. Inspired by Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, this novel peels back the mask of modern media, identity politics, and self-deception—especially through the lens of young Black creators navigating systems not built for their survival.
Told in the first-person voice of Jakari, the novel becomes more than a story—it becomes the film he was never allowed to release. And by the final page, the reader must confront one terrifying
You were never just reading about Jakari.
You were watching yourself.
A mirror. A warning. A dare.
Are you ready to open your eyes?
Jakari Burns is a 24-year-old Black screenwriter with dreams of changing the world—until the world starts changing him. From the retail floor to the film industry’s inner circles, Jakari rises fast. But with every step up, something feels off. His stories are rewritten. His authenticity is filtered. His truth is swallowed by a system that claims to want voices like his—so long as they don’t speak too loudly.
BLiND is a meta-psychological thriller and philosophical drama that explores the thin line between art and manipulation, perception and reality, truth and performance. Inspired by Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, this novel peels back the mask of modern media, identity politics, and self-deception—especially through the lens of young Black creators navigating systems not built for their survival.
Told in the first-person voice of Jakari, the novel becomes more than a story—it becomes the film he was never allowed to release. And by the final page, the reader must confront one terrifying
You were never just reading about Jakari.
You were watching yourself.
A mirror. A warning. A dare.
Are you ready to open your eyes?
163 pages, Paperback
Published July 7, 2025
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