Lies of Consent: Observation//Preservation
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerRomanceScience Fiction
Publisher Price: $18.99
Publisher: Cresponia Story Works
Published: May 5 2026
Pages: 442
Weight: 1.29
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Some reunions give you whiplash. This one offers a second chance-and then tries to own it.
Chase Wright thought his future was over.
Once a rising attorney with a silver tongue and a carefully mapped-out life, Chase is now watching his career, savings, and confidence bleed out one compromise at a time.
Amelia Winters thought hers never really started.
Brilliant, overqualified, and quietly haunted by the weight of unrealized potential, Amelia has spent years trying to outrun the feeling that everyone else got the instruction manual for adulthood.
When a high-school friend reappears with money, influence, and an offer that seems impossible to refuse, saying yes feels obvious.
A streaming deal.
Instant income.
Visibility.
Security.
A fresh start.
For the first time in years, life starts moving in the right direction.
But El Viento doesn't create opportunities.
It acquires people.
As Chase and Amelia's lives become more successful, more comfortable, and less their own, small compromises begin piling up.
A signature here.
A performance there.
A weekend getaway.
One more favor.
And one day they realize something terrifying:
Nobody forced them.
They volunteered.
Blending sharp humor, emotional realism, romance, corporate paranoia, internet culture, and slow-building psychological dread, Lies of Consent is a darkly funny speculative thriller about identity, ambition, surveillance, and the hidden systems people willingly invite into their lives.
Perfect for readers who enjoy stories in the spirit of Community, Mr. Robot, Black Mirror, and character-driven suspense where the real horror isn't being trapped-
It's realizing you helped build the cage.
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