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V.O.I.D: Violation of Intellectual Dominion
Once you know the truth, silence is no longer an option.
Lyra only wanted a normal life and to keep her little brother, Ryan, safe. But when their home is destroyed and their parents vanish, survival thrusts them into a world where silence is law and questions are deadly.
The public believes history ended with the Reset. Books, art, and even entire languages disappeared. Yet no one dared to ask why. After over 150 years, this became the new norm. But Lyra knows the truth. After banding with some suspicious strangers for survival, she uncovered proof of the secret accord that erased the past and forced those who know too much into hiding.
Every choice pulls Lyra deeper into a web of secrets, rebellion, and inevitable sacrifice. Protecting Ryan means keeping the truth buried… but what if remembering is the only way to get their parents back?
Lyra only wanted a normal life and to keep her little brother, Ryan, safe. But when their home is destroyed and their parents vanish, survival thrusts them into a world where silence is law and questions are deadly.
The public believes history ended with the Reset. Books, art, and even entire languages disappeared. Yet no one dared to ask why. After over 150 years, this became the new norm. But Lyra knows the truth. After banding with some suspicious strangers for survival, she uncovered proof of the secret accord that erased the past and forced those who know too much into hiding.
Every choice pulls Lyra deeper into a web of secrets, rebellion, and inevitable sacrifice. Protecting Ryan means keeping the truth buried… but what if remembering is the only way to get their parents back?
184 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 18, 2025
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February 6, 2026
An amazing debut ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
January 17, 2026
I found this book through social media. I wasn't really planning on buying it but the author was SO sweet I felt like I just have to support her.
As far as I know the writer is still below 18 and this is her debut book so I wasnt expecting much. To my surprise there's actually so many things worth praising.
First of all-the language. It's simple but not poor. I'm quite fluent in english but most of the time I need to have a dictionary open to fully immerse myself. But here there were barely any words I had the need to translate. I think this is a very big plus because the way this book is promoted makes it reach international audience. So if you don't speak english that well, don't worry.
Descriptions of the surrondings. While this book lacks descriptions of emotions (which I'm gonna talk about later) it has such a detailed and well written environment portrayal. You won't have any trouble imagining. The descriptions are just so pleasant to read.
I'm not sure how to name this one but in the book we have some pages where instead of normal text we have documents/journals/codes. This is such a nice format. Not only does it make the book more engaging, it also makes it just look so nice. And they're also so well written. You can see the author took the time to think everything through. I'm especially amazed by the documents in chapter 6. They sound like they could be actual law articles. And the fact that a preamble is included? And it sounds like it could be a real one? Just wow.
Quotes. There were several quotes in this book that left me in awe. If you're writing a book yourself then I'd say read this. There's so many quotes you could get some inspiration from. Well, I did.
The new language. Well, actually just a few words from it, but still. It made the world feel more real.
The overall vibe. It's a dystopian novel but it's pretty chill and easy to read. Perfect for a free day when you just want to rest.
Characters. Their backstory specifically. Each character has a detailed and interesting past. But... here we come to the first issue with this book. They have an interesting past but...it's not shown in an interesting way. Most of their backstory is told through dialogues and while this is not a bad thing at all- the problem lays in the lack of emotions and reactions in the conversations.
!SPOILERS AHEAD!
I already mentioned the lack of emotions in this book and here I'm gonna get into some details. There's very little descriptions of feelings here. Well, the deep ones. The detailed ones. And whenever there's a serious conversation there's only dialogue. Only. Dialogue. Zero descriptions of what the character is feeling in the current moment. It made it so hard for me to 'bond' with the characters. They felt plain to me almost the whole book. And there were moments that could be such a great way to bring the reader closer to the characters but they were skipped and only briefly mentioned. We have sentences like: 'Ryan tripped. Lyra didn't hesitate; she hauled him up and ran [...]' or 'He grabbed Ryan who happened to be close and she froze'. That's...not enough. I want a description of what she was feeling at that moment. When her brother tripped in a building that was about to meet with the ground and when her brother was caught by pretty much a psychopath. It all felt so plain. (though there's been some REALLY good descriptions such as when Jude is explaining his past) Didn't spark any intense emotions in me. Any tension.
And that's another thing. There's almost no tension building at all. For example, when first meeting Ash we have 4 sentences of them reacting to something sudden, grabbing their weapons and then everything unfolds. Those 4 sentences could make a whole page. They could make the reader subconciously skip to the next line just to know what's gonna happen. But for that-we'd need the description of emotions which, the whole book lacks. Also, the foreshadowing here just spoils what's going to happen in the next few pages. Sentences like 'they helped so much, almost too much...' doesn't make me feel excited what's going to happend next. Because by this line, I already know that a betrayal is coming.
Lack of consistency in character's behaviours. Lyra is supposed to hate Jude. Not trust him. And yet, she lets her brother (that she's supposed to be overprotective of) sleep in the same room as him?
After Jude's betrayal she's supposed to hate him. But I can't see this at all? And speaking of Lyra being overprotective of her brother-you can't feel it. She literally lets him hang out with people they just met in a world where everyone can be a government spy. Or she teaches Ash english soon after meeting her after just saying that english can get her killed. Or after Sandy's death Lyra is so broken. She doesn't even eat or take care of herself. But as soon as it's her birthday she suddenly forgets about her? And from there there's maybe 2 mentions of her later. Not to mention that she knew Sandy for less than a day and her reaction to her death was way too much. They didn't really have time to bond. Im surprised she even began to trust her so easily. The characters are overall way too trusting. And it made me so frustrated. For example at the very end they trust two random men while on the run from the goverment. Who in the right minds would do that?
Beside that we have rushed and chaotic action (at the end especially), we lost the narrator somewhere around chapter 14, the dog is way too humanized and too intelligent, not very clear descriptions of what's currently happening with the characters (for example in one paragraph they're going down the ladder and the next one they're holding hands. I thought they were holding hands while going down the ladder and was so confused until I reached the end of the page where its said that they're sitting in a bunker now), the author adding things because she now needs them for the plot while they weren't mentioned or foreshadowed earlier at all (for example Jude suddenly taking out a notebook where he writes down everythings useful while it's been only mentioned he has a diary, unless I missed something, or him being an amazing hacker), time skips without explanation of what happened during this time (and it wouldn't be a problem if there weren't things happening during the current timeline that started during the time skip such as meeting the guy who lost his daughter or our group suddenly being with the other group. I'd appreciate at least a quick summary of how they met and bonded), some nuances (for example the Red Dahlia cooperating with the government while admiring the ones who 'didn't bow'), mentioning things about character's personality while you can't really see it(nyx cursing/ cutting people off halway through sentence, Lyra being overprotective towards her brother).
I won't really go on about the linguistic correctness since I'm not a native english speaker but there's been quite a few times where I noticed repetitions in the text (I'm not sure if that's considered a mistake in english but sometimes they were just very noticeable for example: 'Lyra muttered something ABOUT it being Pilirani's graveyard, repeating what Cadie had once told them ABOUT coffin placings AND blessings AND whatnot) as well as a few sentences where the punctuation is wrong and a few sentences that just didn't make sense ('passing by rows of EMPTY houses, all visibly EMPTY from the windows). Or sentences that I had to spend a few minutes figuring out what the author was trying to say. But you can blame it on me not being a native english speaker. Also some unnecessary things in sentences (such as 'she swallowed the bite in her mouth'. It could just be: 'she swallowed' or 'she swallowed the bite').
The book is self published so I guess it didn't go through any professional text correction and edition. I think the novel would benefit A LOT if it did though. But overall this is not a bad book. It's a bit shallow and chaotic, frustrating at times, but that's expected from a debut, self published novel. But that doesn't mean it's not enjoyable. I had a great time reading and a lot of fun correcting it on my own. I will definitely read it again someday and I recommend it to everyone. Even if you're not interested in the book I'd say buy it for the pure sake of supporting the author who's like, really nice and sweet to everyone.
As far as I know the writer is still below 18 and this is her debut book so I wasnt expecting much. To my surprise there's actually so many things worth praising.
First of all-the language. It's simple but not poor. I'm quite fluent in english but most of the time I need to have a dictionary open to fully immerse myself. But here there were barely any words I had the need to translate. I think this is a very big plus because the way this book is promoted makes it reach international audience. So if you don't speak english that well, don't worry.
Descriptions of the surrondings. While this book lacks descriptions of emotions (which I'm gonna talk about later) it has such a detailed and well written environment portrayal. You won't have any trouble imagining. The descriptions are just so pleasant to read.
I'm not sure how to name this one but in the book we have some pages where instead of normal text we have documents/journals/codes. This is such a nice format. Not only does it make the book more engaging, it also makes it just look so nice. And they're also so well written. You can see the author took the time to think everything through. I'm especially amazed by the documents in chapter 6. They sound like they could be actual law articles. And the fact that a preamble is included? And it sounds like it could be a real one? Just wow.
Quotes. There were several quotes in this book that left me in awe. If you're writing a book yourself then I'd say read this. There's so many quotes you could get some inspiration from. Well, I did.
The new language. Well, actually just a few words from it, but still. It made the world feel more real.
The overall vibe. It's a dystopian novel but it's pretty chill and easy to read. Perfect for a free day when you just want to rest.
Characters. Their backstory specifically. Each character has a detailed and interesting past. But... here we come to the first issue with this book. They have an interesting past but...it's not shown in an interesting way. Most of their backstory is told through dialogues and while this is not a bad thing at all- the problem lays in the lack of emotions and reactions in the conversations.
!SPOILERS AHEAD!
I already mentioned the lack of emotions in this book and here I'm gonna get into some details. There's very little descriptions of feelings here. Well, the deep ones. The detailed ones. And whenever there's a serious conversation there's only dialogue. Only. Dialogue. Zero descriptions of what the character is feeling in the current moment. It made it so hard for me to 'bond' with the characters. They felt plain to me almost the whole book. And there were moments that could be such a great way to bring the reader closer to the characters but they were skipped and only briefly mentioned. We have sentences like: 'Ryan tripped. Lyra didn't hesitate; she hauled him up and ran [...]' or 'He grabbed Ryan who happened to be close and she froze'. That's...not enough. I want a description of what she was feeling at that moment. When her brother tripped in a building that was about to meet with the ground and when her brother was caught by pretty much a psychopath. It all felt so plain. (though there's been some REALLY good descriptions such as when Jude is explaining his past) Didn't spark any intense emotions in me. Any tension.
And that's another thing. There's almost no tension building at all. For example, when first meeting Ash we have 4 sentences of them reacting to something sudden, grabbing their weapons and then everything unfolds. Those 4 sentences could make a whole page. They could make the reader subconciously skip to the next line just to know what's gonna happen. But for that-we'd need the description of emotions which, the whole book lacks. Also, the foreshadowing here just spoils what's going to happen in the next few pages. Sentences like 'they helped so much, almost too much...' doesn't make me feel excited what's going to happend next. Because by this line, I already know that a betrayal is coming.
Lack of consistency in character's behaviours. Lyra is supposed to hate Jude. Not trust him. And yet, she lets her brother (that she's supposed to be overprotective of) sleep in the same room as him?
After Jude's betrayal she's supposed to hate him. But I can't see this at all? And speaking of Lyra being overprotective of her brother-you can't feel it. She literally lets him hang out with people they just met in a world where everyone can be a government spy. Or she teaches Ash english soon after meeting her after just saying that english can get her killed. Or after Sandy's death Lyra is so broken. She doesn't even eat or take care of herself. But as soon as it's her birthday she suddenly forgets about her? And from there there's maybe 2 mentions of her later. Not to mention that she knew Sandy for less than a day and her reaction to her death was way too much. They didn't really have time to bond. Im surprised she even began to trust her so easily. The characters are overall way too trusting. And it made me so frustrated. For example at the very end they trust two random men while on the run from the goverment. Who in the right minds would do that?
Beside that we have rushed and chaotic action (at the end especially), we lost the narrator somewhere around chapter 14, the dog is way too humanized and too intelligent, not very clear descriptions of what's currently happening with the characters (for example in one paragraph they're going down the ladder and the next one they're holding hands. I thought they were holding hands while going down the ladder and was so confused until I reached the end of the page where its said that they're sitting in a bunker now), the author adding things because she now needs them for the plot while they weren't mentioned or foreshadowed earlier at all (for example Jude suddenly taking out a notebook where he writes down everythings useful while it's been only mentioned he has a diary, unless I missed something, or him being an amazing hacker), time skips without explanation of what happened during this time (and it wouldn't be a problem if there weren't things happening during the current timeline that started during the time skip such as meeting the guy who lost his daughter or our group suddenly being with the other group. I'd appreciate at least a quick summary of how they met and bonded), some nuances (for example the Red Dahlia cooperating with the government while admiring the ones who 'didn't bow'), mentioning things about character's personality while you can't really see it(nyx cursing/ cutting people off halway through sentence, Lyra being overprotective towards her brother).
I won't really go on about the linguistic correctness since I'm not a native english speaker but there's been quite a few times where I noticed repetitions in the text (I'm not sure if that's considered a mistake in english but sometimes they were just very noticeable for example: 'Lyra muttered something ABOUT it being Pilirani's graveyard, repeating what Cadie had once told them ABOUT coffin placings AND blessings AND whatnot) as well as a few sentences where the punctuation is wrong and a few sentences that just didn't make sense ('passing by rows of EMPTY houses, all visibly EMPTY from the windows). Or sentences that I had to spend a few minutes figuring out what the author was trying to say. But you can blame it on me not being a native english speaker. Also some unnecessary things in sentences (such as 'she swallowed the bite in her mouth'. It could just be: 'she swallowed' or 'she swallowed the bite').
The book is self published so I guess it didn't go through any professional text correction and edition. I think the novel would benefit A LOT if it did though. But overall this is not a bad book. It's a bit shallow and chaotic, frustrating at times, but that's expected from a debut, self published novel. But that doesn't mean it's not enjoyable. I had a great time reading and a lot of fun correcting it on my own. I will definitely read it again someday and I recommend it to everyone. Even if you're not interested in the book I'd say buy it for the pure sake of supporting the author who's like, really nice and sweet to everyone.
January 15, 2026
I came across Sami on social media; a young author who is quietly asking people to give her debut novel a chance through self promotion. Now this review asks others to give that same chance.
It’s hard to remember that this is a debut novel from a young author. Sami’s writing creates a deeply detailed world that will draw readers in, and she weaves through such intense emotion and understanding throughout this story. There is tension, fear, friendship and many plot twists to keep the reader gripped.
It’s hard to remember that this is a debut novel from a young author. Sami’s writing creates a deeply detailed world that will draw readers in, and she weaves through such intense emotion and understanding throughout this story. There is tension, fear, friendship and many plot twists to keep the reader gripped.
October 18, 2025
This is an outstanding debut by a very young author. The story has a bit of charm to it, which is a strange thing to say about a dystopian story, but there you have it. The Author clearly put a lot of effort into it, and considering that she completed the novel before her eighteenth birthday, I'd say it's incredible. I expect great things from her in the future.
November 12, 2025
Just finished reading and all I can say is it’s AMAZING , it’s an interesting book as it hooks the reader, making you want to read more. It tells what bravery, strength and determination look like. It’s straight forward, and I will gladly recommend this book to virtually everyone, be it a dystopian fan or not.
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