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The Fractured Seal: A Psychological Thriller
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ISBN13: 9798185488577
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 10 2026
Pages: 464
Weight: 1.06
Height: 1.15 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 10 2026
Pages: 464
Weight: 1.06
Height: 1.15 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
What if the greatest danger isn't artificial intelligence-but ourselves?
When psychiatrist Dr. Janis Priestly accepts a temporary assignment at the isolated Breakwater House Psychiatric Institute, she expects to evaluate one extraordinary patient.
Dr. Jonathan Ronan was once one of the world's most brilliant systems scientists-the visionary behind Project Wormwood, a classified government initiative that transformed predictive-AI technology forever. For years, he has lived in voluntary seclusion, surrounded by journals filled with strange symbols: forgotten cities, enigmatic riders, a mysterious woman, a dragon, a beast, and seven seals. Everyone believes they are the fragmented delusions of a brilliant mind. Everyone is wrong. As Janis slowly earns Jonathan's trust, she uncovers erased archives, destroyed research, and the unsettling history of an artificial intelligence known as ORACLE. But the deeper she investigates, the more she discovers that Jonathan's journals are not prophecies of machines overthrowing humanity. They are warnings about humanity itself.About the seduction of certainty.
The quiet erosion of responsibility.
The cost of trading wisdom for optimization.
And the choices every civilization must eventually make. As Jonathan's final confession unfolds, Janis realizes the greatest question was never whether artificial intelligence could become more human. It was whether humanity would remember how to remain human. Thought-provoking, emotionally resonant, and deeply philosophical, The Fractured Seal is a literary suspense novel that explores grief, memory, technology, and moral responsibility. Blending psychological mystery with contemporary speculative fiction, it asks a question that lingers long after the final page: The future is not merely something we predict. It is something we choose.
The quiet erosion of responsibility.
The cost of trading wisdom for optimization.
And the choices every civilization must eventually make. As Jonathan's final confession unfolds, Janis realizes the greatest question was never whether artificial intelligence could become more human. It was whether humanity would remember how to remain human. Thought-provoking, emotionally resonant, and deeply philosophical, The Fractured Seal is a literary suspense novel that explores grief, memory, technology, and moral responsibility. Blending psychological mystery with contemporary speculative fiction, it asks a question that lingers long after the final page: The future is not merely something we predict. It is something we choose.
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