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The Friction of Connection
Paperback
Series: The Fractured Laws, Book 1
Publisher: Jdi Publications
Published: Feb 7 2026
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.27
Height: 0.23 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A Collection of Near-Future Narratives
In the Smooth world of 2036, life is a series of optimized events. We edit our memories to erase the pain of ex-lovers; we outsource our children's tantrums to the cloud; we attend weddings via holographic proxies to avoid social exhaustion. The Lumen-Rating system ensures our public sentiment is always green, and the Axiom-Phase 2 treatment promises a body that never ages.
But beneath the seamless surface of the digital grid, a primal human need remains.
From the high-tech hubs of Shoreditch to the ancient, muddied fields of the Blackmore Vale, these ten stories explore the Jagged edges of the soul. They are stories of people fighting to be heard over the hum of the machine, choosing the heat of an argument over the silence of an algorithm, and finding that the only true connection is the one that leaves a scar.
Because in a world without friction, there is nothing to hold onto.
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