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The Pilot: A Dystopian Thriller of AI Policing and Control
A town forgotten. A sky that never stops watching.
Marshgate is a place most people avoid. High crime, high unemployment, no way out. When the government rolls out The Pilot an AI surveillance program promising “safer streets” the estate becomes ground zero for a chilling experiment.
Drones hover over every corner. Tags shock and shame people into compliance. One mistake and your whole life can unravel.
For Shell, a young mother just trying to keep her daughter fed, survival turns into a sentence. For El, an ex-cop with nothing left to lose, watching isn’t enough anymore. And for Kian, a drone operator hundreds of miles away, the line between justice and control begins to blur.
This isn’t the future. It’s already here. And when the system decides you’re a problem, who decides what’s left of you?
The Pilot is a gripping British dystopian thriller that blends the raw realism of social decline with the cold precision of AI control. Perfect for fans of Black Mirror, Orwell’s 1984, and gritty urban thrillers.
Marshgate is a place most people avoid. High crime, high unemployment, no way out. When the government rolls out The Pilot an AI surveillance program promising “safer streets” the estate becomes ground zero for a chilling experiment.
Drones hover over every corner. Tags shock and shame people into compliance. One mistake and your whole life can unravel.
For Shell, a young mother just trying to keep her daughter fed, survival turns into a sentence. For El, an ex-cop with nothing left to lose, watching isn’t enough anymore. And for Kian, a drone operator hundreds of miles away, the line between justice and control begins to blur.
This isn’t the future. It’s already here. And when the system decides you’re a problem, who decides what’s left of you?
The Pilot is a gripping British dystopian thriller that blends the raw realism of social decline with the cold precision of AI control. Perfect for fans of Black Mirror, Orwell’s 1984, and gritty urban thrillers.
196 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 29, 2025
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