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Silent Alarm
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ISBN13: 9798186618409
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 16 2026
Pages: 146
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.31 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 16 2026
Pages: 146
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.31 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
THE INVOICE IS DUE.
AND HE IS COLLECTING IN BLOOD.
Arthur Pendleton is a man of tolerances, frequencies, and structural loads. As a master civil engineer, his entire life is built on calculation. But when a routine heart murmur traps him inside the sterile, windowless labyrinth of Saint Jude's Memorial Hospital, he discovers a terrifying corporate architecture.
AND HE IS COLLECTING IN BLOOD.
Arthur Pendleton is a man of tolerances, frequencies, and structural loads. As a master civil engineer, his entire life is built on calculation. But when a routine heart murmur traps him inside the sterile, windowless labyrinth of Saint Jude's Memorial Hospital, he discovers a terrifying corporate architecture.
He isn't a patient being healed. He is an asset being harvested.
Trapped by defensive medicine tactics, rolling insurance deadlines, and doctors who view human life as a line item on a ledger, Arthur's sanity begins to fracture. The hospital has locked him in a cage to drain his premium policy dry.
But they made a fatal calculation error.
Arthur didn't just walk into Saint Jude's. He designed the foundation retrofits. He knows every hidden electrical riser, every pneumatic fire door, and every blind spot in the automation network. As his own heart begins to fail on a ticking clock, Arthur launches a terrifying, clinical audit of the hospital infrastructure.
The line items are being cleared. The load-bearing pillars are being removed.
And the final discharge will be permanent.
Trapped by defensive medicine tactics, rolling insurance deadlines, and doctors who view human life as a line item on a ledger, Arthur's sanity begins to fracture. The hospital has locked him in a cage to drain his premium policy dry.
But they made a fatal calculation error.
Arthur didn't just walk into Saint Jude's. He designed the foundation retrofits. He knows every hidden electrical riser, every pneumatic fire door, and every blind spot in the automation network. As his own heart begins to fail on a ticking clock, Arthur launches a terrifying, clinical audit of the hospital infrastructure.
The line items are being cleared. The load-bearing pillars are being removed.
And the final discharge will be permanent.
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