THE ROUTE SYSTEM

You can leave the road. You just can't leave the system.Cole Maddox got off route once.He walked away from something that wasn't supposed to exist-something that didn't force, didn't threaten... just corrected.Now he's back on the road.And the system is waiting.It doesn't chase. It doesn't panic. It doesn't make mistakes.It learns.When a stranger ends up in his passenger seat-someone who doesn't belong-the system doesn't break.It adapts.What starts as a simple drive turns into something else entirely: A test. A correction. A choice.Because every decision has a cost. And if you change the outcome... that cost doesn't disappear.It just lands somewhere else.Now Cole faces the truth: He can't stop the system. But he can still move it.A mile. A second. A life.Just not without becoming part of the thing that decides where the damage goes.The Route System- Book 2 in OFF ROUTE A dark, atmospheric thriller blending psychological tension with creeping system horror.Perfect for readers who like: - slow-burn dread- grounded sci-fi- moral gray choices- stories where control is an illusion

Pages: 149, Paperback, Independently published