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Echo Drift: Equilibrium Force
After the Great Wave shattered networks and governments, the world rebuilt itself from silence and salvage. Along the fractured coasts of the Americas, Dana Papadopolis—former Marine, neurofield architect, and fugitive from her own past—moves from port to port, repairing what she can, hiding when she must. She doesn't talk about York Lab or the signal that brought cities down. In truth, she barely talks at all.
When a late-summer bar fight pulls a young doctor named Grace Wilson into her orbit, the encounter should have ended with first aid and distance. Instead, it unravels everything Dana has tried to bury. A murdered woman surfaces in the dunes. A detective starts asking the wrong questions. Old signal traces flicker across the coastal mesh—ghosts from the experiment that destroyed York. As federal watchers close in, Dana is forced back into motion—through storms, across borders, and into a fragile alliance with Grace that neither understands. What begins as survival becomes connection; what feels like chance may already be design.
Set in a near-future America haunted by collapse, Echo Equilibrium Force fuses noir intimacy with speculative science. It's the story of two women drawn together by instinct and consequence; of memory as both weapon and salvation; and of a quiet world still reverberating with the hum of what it tried—and failed—to erase.
The first novel in the Echo Drift saga begins not with revelation, but with a whisper—the moment the past exhales, and the world starts listening back.
When a late-summer bar fight pulls a young doctor named Grace Wilson into her orbit, the encounter should have ended with first aid and distance. Instead, it unravels everything Dana has tried to bury. A murdered woman surfaces in the dunes. A detective starts asking the wrong questions. Old signal traces flicker across the coastal mesh—ghosts from the experiment that destroyed York. As federal watchers close in, Dana is forced back into motion—through storms, across borders, and into a fragile alliance with Grace that neither understands. What begins as survival becomes connection; what feels like chance may already be design.
Set in a near-future America haunted by collapse, Echo Equilibrium Force fuses noir intimacy with speculative science. It's the story of two women drawn together by instinct and consequence; of memory as both weapon and salvation; and of a quiet world still reverberating with the hum of what it tried—and failed—to erase.
The first novel in the Echo Drift saga begins not with revelation, but with a whisper—the moment the past exhales, and the world starts listening back.
173 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 11, 2025
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Jules Mills
2 books3 followersJules Mills is a storyteller drawn to the spaces where vulnerability meets power. Her Echo Drift series explores love, survival, and connection against the backdrop of a changing world. She writes for readers who want deeply human characters in futures shaped by possibility and risk.
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January 6, 2026
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Very good wordlbuilding although I was confused sometimes with the characters.
Very good wordlbuilding although I was confused sometimes with the characters.
January 16, 2026
Equilibrium Force is a smart, fast-paced dystopian sci-fi thriller with strong characters and a compelling mystery at its core. Dana is a tough, intriguing protagonist whose off-grid life and buried past make her instantly engaging, and her evolving connection with Grace adds real emotional depth. The worldbuilding AI surveillance, encrypted systems, and a fractured societyfeels grounded and believable. With sharp dialogue, mounting tension, and an intriguing setup for what’s to come, this is an excellent start to a promising series.
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