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The Route System
Paperback
Series: Off Route, Book 2
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 20 2026
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
You can leave the road.
You just can't leave the system.
Cole Maddox got off route once.
He walked away from something that wasn't supposed to exist-something that didn't force, didn't threaten...
just corrected.
Now he's back on the road.
And the system is waiting.
It doesn't chase.
It doesn't panic.
It doesn't make mistakes.
It learns.
When a stranger ends up in his passenger seat-someone who doesn't belong-the system doesn't break.
It adapts.
What starts as a simple drive turns into something else entirely:
A test.
A correction.
A choice.
Because every decision has a cost.
And if you change the outcome...
that cost doesn't disappear.
It just lands somewhere else.
Now Cole faces the truth:
He can't stop the system.
But he can still move it.
A mile. A second. A life.
Just not without becoming part of the thing that decides where the damage goes.
The Route System- Book 2 in OFF ROUTE
A dark, atmospheric thriller blending psychological tension with creeping system horror.
Perfect for readers who like:
- slow-burn dread
- grounded sci-fi
- moral gray choices
- stories where control is an illusion
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