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The Void
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Expected 14 Apr 26What if your whole life was built on a lie.
Airus wakes in HAVEC’s turmoil with a fractured mind and only four days to live.
The countdown is more than a death sentence—it’s a leash, designed to keep him running in circles until the system can bury what he’s starting to remember. To survive, Airus has to dismantle HAVEC from the inside out. But the deeper he digs, the more The Veil reveals itself as something far worse than the clock: a living architecture of misinformation that rewrites perception, fractures memory, and turns truth into a weapon.
Every answer bends reality further. Every recovered moment comes with a price. Allies feel temporary. Enemies wear familiar faces. And the closer Airus gets to the center of the trap, the clearer one brutal possibility becomes:
The lie that stole his life might be the only thing keeping him alive long enough to fight back.
Airus wakes in HAVEC’s turmoil with a fractured mind and only four days to live.
The countdown is more than a death sentence—it’s a leash, designed to keep him running in circles until the system can bury what he’s starting to remember. To survive, Airus has to dismantle HAVEC from the inside out. But the deeper he digs, the more The Veil reveals itself as something far worse than the clock: a living architecture of misinformation that rewrites perception, fractures memory, and turns truth into a weapon.
Every answer bends reality further. Every recovered moment comes with a price. Allies feel temporary. Enemies wear familiar faces. And the closer Airus gets to the center of the trap, the clearer one brutal possibility becomes:
The lie that stole his life might be the only thing keeping him alive long enough to fight back.
368 pages, Paperback
Expected publication April 14, 2026
About the author
S.L. Hayes
3 books2 followersS.L. Hayes lives in western Canada with his wife and their beloved black cat, where he spends his days imagining new worlds and the characters who bring them to life. He has known for as long as he can remember that he was meant to write. Storytelling has always been his way of exploring emotion, humanity, and the hidden layers beneath everyday life.
A lifelong creator, Hayes is passionate about fiction in all its forms. Whether crafting grounded emotional moments or building entire universes from scratch, he writes to make readers feel — connection, heart, and a sense of being transported somewhere entirely new. His current series, rooted in elements of memory, illusion, rebellion, and survival, sits within the sci-fi dystopian genre, but he is already expanding into fantasy and other storyworlds that inspire him.
Influenced by authors like Stephen King and J.K. Rowling, Hayes began creating his own fictional worlds long before he ever knew how to publish them. His love for fiction isn’t tied to any one genre — it comes from the joy of shaping characters, following their journeys, and discovering the deeper themes that emerge along the way. At the core of his work is a message of hope, resilience, and questioning the nature of reality itself.
When he’s not writing, Hayes escapes into other worlds through movies, video games, and novels — always searching for the kinds of stories that spark imagination. He also enjoys exploring coffee shops and spending time with his family, usually with his loyal black cat nearby. A creature of creative rhythm, he writes with a specific playlist and environment that helps him slip seamlessly into whatever world he’s building next.
Through every story he writes, S.L. Hayes aims to spark curiosity, ignite imagination, and invite readers into the places where fiction feels just a little more real than the world around us.
A lifelong creator, Hayes is passionate about fiction in all its forms. Whether crafting grounded emotional moments or building entire universes from scratch, he writes to make readers feel — connection, heart, and a sense of being transported somewhere entirely new. His current series, rooted in elements of memory, illusion, rebellion, and survival, sits within the sci-fi dystopian genre, but he is already expanding into fantasy and other storyworlds that inspire him.
Influenced by authors like Stephen King and J.K. Rowling, Hayes began creating his own fictional worlds long before he ever knew how to publish them. His love for fiction isn’t tied to any one genre — it comes from the joy of shaping characters, following their journeys, and discovering the deeper themes that emerge along the way. At the core of his work is a message of hope, resilience, and questioning the nature of reality itself.
When he’s not writing, Hayes escapes into other worlds through movies, video games, and novels — always searching for the kinds of stories that spark imagination. He also enjoys exploring coffee shops and spending time with his family, usually with his loyal black cat nearby. A creature of creative rhythm, he writes with a specific playlist and environment that helps him slip seamlessly into whatever world he’s building next.
Through every story he writes, S.L. Hayes aims to spark curiosity, ignite imagination, and invite readers into the places where fiction feels just a little more real than the world around us.
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