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Wither: A Novel
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Expected 29 Sep 26A hypnotic debut novel of meltdown-by-algorithmic-horror.
Mick has been off-grid for more than a year, surviving in the Missouri woods. He’s on the wrong side of paranoid, haunted by the catastrophe that sent him running, and he needs antibiotics for a rotting wound. If he can return to civilization, maybe he can reclaim what he’s lost: a relationship with an environmental activist named Alison, a dream of escaping his small-time youth for Chicago, and the cutting-edge data-analytics tool that just might be his meal ticket.
But when Mick arrives in Bloom, Missouri, he’s confronted by a ghost town: there are cars in the driveways and cans in the cupboards, but the people are gone, and it looks like they left in a hurry. Mick should probably leave, too, but he’s looking for Alison, looking for redemption, and looking for Regression, the algorithmic black box that promised:
No one is invisible.
No more toiling in the dark.
All the world is knowable.
Told in alternating timelines, Wither is an unnerving, thought-provoking horror for our times.
Mick has been off-grid for more than a year, surviving in the Missouri woods. He’s on the wrong side of paranoid, haunted by the catastrophe that sent him running, and he needs antibiotics for a rotting wound. If he can return to civilization, maybe he can reclaim what he’s lost: a relationship with an environmental activist named Alison, a dream of escaping his small-time youth for Chicago, and the cutting-edge data-analytics tool that just might be his meal ticket.
But when Mick arrives in Bloom, Missouri, he’s confronted by a ghost town: there are cars in the driveways and cans in the cupboards, but the people are gone, and it looks like they left in a hurry. Mick should probably leave, too, but he’s looking for Alison, looking for redemption, and looking for Regression, the algorithmic black box that promised:
No one is invisible.
No more toiling in the dark.
All the world is knowable.
Told in alternating timelines, Wither is an unnerving, thought-provoking horror for our times.
- GenresHorror
Kindle Edition
Expected publication September 29, 2026
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May 26, 2026
Very good. Reminded me of “Annihilation” creepy, dual timelines, fear of AI. Dystopia.
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