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The Heresy of Normal
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781998668069
Publisher: Cracked Quill Publishing
Published: Jun 1 2026
Pages: 354
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
In a world without doubt, the first question is an act of treason.
The Commonwealth is peace. It is order. It is perfection. For Purifier Kaelen-7, burning the last remnants of a deviant past is a civic duty, and his nightly Soma-Pax dose is a just reward. He is a loyal cog in a flawless machine, until a single line of forbidden poetry-Do I dare disturb the universe?-unlocks a mind he never knew he had.
Now, the cracks in his perfect world are everywhere. The scent of smoke no longer smells like victory, but like lost wisdom. The placid faces of his fellow citizens look like prison masks. And a chance encounter with a terrified psychic opens the door to a hidden resistance fighting to expose the monstrous lie at the heart of their utopia.
Hunted by the very system he once enforced, Kaelen must choose between the numb peace of the life he knows and the terrifying, painful, and beautiful heresy of feeling, thinking, and daring to be human. His choice will ignite a rebellion that could shatter a world-or become the regime's ultimate weapon of control.
The Heresy of Normal is a gripping dystopian thriller that explores the cost of perfection and the explosive power of a single idea.
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