The Deviation: When Reality Begins to Break
Paperback
Series: Anomaly Zero, Book 1
Mystery & ThrillerScience Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 8 2026
Pages: 330
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Reality is not a fixed point.
It is a system - and it is failing.
Except her.
Evelyn Carter has spent her life analyzing data, searching for patterns where others see noise. But when a classified document rewrites itself in real time, she uncovers something impossible - a flaw in reality itself.
At first, it looks like a simple anomaly.
A glitch in the system.
But the deeper she digs, the more the world begins to fracture.
Time loops in subtle ways.
Memories shift.
People disappear - or worse, remain... altered.
What Evelyn has discovered is not just a temporal anomaly, but evidence of something far more terrifying: a hidden system controlling reality, constantly correcting deviations to maintain a perfect timeline.
A system built on rules no one remembers creating.
As the corrections accelerate, Evelyn becomes the center of a growing pattern - a paradox that shouldn't exist. A living contradiction in a world governed by precision.
Now she must navigate a collapsing structure of parallel timelines, secret archives, and a conspiracy that spans across multiple cycles of existence.
Because this isn't the first time reality has broken.
It's happened before.
Again and again.
And every time, the system reset everything.
Except this time... something went wrong.
This time, the anomaly remained.
And the deeper Evelyn falls into the truth, the clearer it becomes:
She is not just observing the system.
She is part of it.
Anomaly Zero: The Deviation is a mind-bending sci-fi thriller that blends simulation theory, time loop mystery, and philosophical science fiction into a gripping story about control, free will, and the fragile nature of reality itself.
Perfect for readers who love:
- reality manipulation and glitch in reality fiction
- alternate timelines and temporal paradox stories
- dystopian systems and hidden conspiracies
- psychological sci-fi mystery with a strong female lead
The system was designed to be perfect.
It was never meant to fail.
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