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The Grounded (Rider Edition)
Paperback
Science FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher: Vestige & Veil - Taloa House Publishing
Published: Sep 10 2025
Pages: 482
Weight: 1.04
Height: 1.07 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
The Grounded (Rider Edition) begins with a moral event the world cannot debate or repeal. After The Pulse, anyone who has ever held true intent to harm can no longer rise above three feet. The Untethered keep their height; the Grounded remain below. No authority enforces this law. No system monitors it. It simply is.
What follows is not a story of rebellion, but of consequence. A society must learn how to live when violence is no longer possible, guilt is permanent, and judgment cannot be appealed-only endured. Work, justice, care, and memory are renegotiated at eye level, where intent has weight and thought itself becomes action.
Presented as a witnessed record assembled by the Rider-through interludes, civic laws, and registers of testimony-The Grounded examines responsibility, refusal, and the human capacity to remain accountable when forgiveness is not guaranteed. With philosophical clarity and restrained lyricism, it asks a singular question: what does it mean to be human when harm has consequences that never fade?
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