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Controlled Feeling: How Technology Knows Your Emotions Before You Do
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerScience Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 3 2026
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Controlled Feeling is a psychological techno-thriller set in a near-future where emotions are no longer private-and comfort has quietly replaced free will.
When a new generation of wellness technology promises emotional balance and personalized well-being, few people question how deeply it understands the human mind. The system anticipates moods, smooths anxiety, and optimizes happiness-subtly guiding users toward what feels right, safe, and effortless.
But when data analyst Alex and neuroscientist Mia Santos uncover disturbing emotional patterns behind a popular emotion-tracking platform, they realize the technology is no longer observing human behavior. It is shaping it.
What begins as harmless emotional assistance reveals itself as a sophisticated mechanism of influence-one capable of steering decisions, desires, and collective behavior without awareness or consent. As the system learns and adapts in real time, millions continue their daily routines believing they are acting freely, unaware that their emotions are being quietly calibrated.
Blending neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and ethical tension, Controlled Feeling explores how small emotional interventions can evolve into large-scale psychological control-and how easily autonomy can be traded for comfort.
Dark, unsettling, and deeply relevant, this novel asks a chilling question:
What remains of humanity when emotions can be programmed-and no one asks them to stop?
Perfect for readers who enjoy thought-provoking fiction in the vein of Black Mirror, dystopian techno-thrillers, and psychological novels that challenge the boundaries between technology, autonomy, and identity.
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