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Dead Frequency: The Silence Was Just the Start
Dead Frequency is a psychological survival thriller set in New Braunfels, Texas—where the power dies, the animals go silent, and one analog voice keeps talking.
When the grid fails, a whispered sermon bleeds through an abandoned frequency. The words sound biblical. The intent is control. Caleb Rourke thinks it's another blackout—until phones stay dead, cars won't start, and neighbors begin repeating phrases they didn't choose. With his niece, Mara, and a paranoid fixer next door, Caleb has to decide what to trust as the signal tightens its grip. Help isn't coming. The closer you listen, the stronger it gets.
What you'll
Analog-signal horror rooted in real New Braunfels locations
Mind control, cult pressure, and rising paranoia told in a tight POV
Relentless pacing—every chapter pushes forward; no filler
For fans of The Stand, The Leftovers, and Archive 81
"This isn't the end of the world. It's how someone plans to start it."
Launches October 17, 2025.
When the grid fails, a whispered sermon bleeds through an abandoned frequency. The words sound biblical. The intent is control. Caleb Rourke thinks it's another blackout—until phones stay dead, cars won't start, and neighbors begin repeating phrases they didn't choose. With his niece, Mara, and a paranoid fixer next door, Caleb has to decide what to trust as the signal tightens its grip. Help isn't coming. The closer you listen, the stronger it gets.
What you'll
Analog-signal horror rooted in real New Braunfels locations
Mind control, cult pressure, and rising paranoia told in a tight POV
Relentless pacing—every chapter pushes forward; no filler
For fans of The Stand, The Leftovers, and Archive 81
"This isn't the end of the world. It's how someone plans to start it."
Launches October 17, 2025.
284 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 17, 2025
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October 19, 2025
This was a really enjoyable read! A really good idea, well written, it pulled me in from the first paragraph & I flew through the adventure! I finished in no time at all! I will look for more by this writer & I do recommend!
October 21, 2025
Outstanding beginning!
Really enjoyed the story from this new author, glad I gave it a shot. looking forward to what comes next.
Really enjoyed the story from this new author, glad I gave it a shot. looking forward to what comes next.
October 28, 2025
I love end of time - end worlding books - Covid was right up my alley :)
This book was unusual - it defintely is end of the world - I believe.
When I say I believe - we never leave the town - we get to the nearest military base - but we never find out what is going on with the rest of the US -
the big thing that "changes people" is the frequency - the main male character and his niece and his friend, that lives down the street - they figure that out - and the frequency has more power where something traumatic happened -
It starts off normal enough the uncle and his niece and from there it goes sideways. His next door neighbor becomes a crazed religious leader and all the folks in town look to her as a "Jim Jones" type.
And we are told multiple times that the nieces father is dead and the mother is out of town but in the end she is the bad guy - I don't know if she was always the bad guy or if the frequency got to her.
It defintely is an unusual end of the world book and I truly enjoyed it. It's hard though to figure out what i read - like you really need to stop and turn it over and over. :)
This book was unusual - it defintely is end of the world - I believe.
When I say I believe - we never leave the town - we get to the nearest military base - but we never find out what is going on with the rest of the US -
the big thing that "changes people" is the frequency - the main male character and his niece and his friend, that lives down the street - they figure that out - and the frequency has more power where something traumatic happened -
It starts off normal enough the uncle and his niece and from there it goes sideways. His next door neighbor becomes a crazed religious leader and all the folks in town look to her as a "Jim Jones" type.
And we are told multiple times that the nieces father is dead and the mother is out of town but in the end she is the bad guy - I don't know if she was always the bad guy or if the frequency got to her.
It defintely is an unusual end of the world book and I truly enjoyed it. It's hard though to figure out what i read - like you really need to stop and turn it over and over. :)
November 16, 2025
OMG in a bad way. I didn't even finish half the book. Way to many "plot errors" and typos. This author needs a proof reader..
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