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The Half-Life: Blood and Riches
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 13 2026
Pages: 198
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.42 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
He was born into neglect.
He was taken into silence.
He was processed into something less than human.
In the forgotten margins of the city, a boy with a wooden leg survives among smoke, scrap metal, and broken promises. But survival on the streets is only the beginning. When a black car appears at dawn, he is pulled from poverty into something far more dangerous - a system polished enough to look like rescue.
Behind gated estates and sterile hospital corridors operates a quiet industry where vulnerability is currency and children are reduced to inventory. Here, names disappear. Records replace memories. Humanity is divided, measured, and sold in parts.
As he moves deeper into a world that profits from the unseen, one truth becomes impossible to ignore:
Some lives are not destroyed loudly. They are dismantled carefully.
The Half-Life is a haunting psychological thriller that explores exploitation, identity, and the terrifying efficiency of systems built on silence. Unflinching and emotionally charged, this standalone novel challenges readers to confront a chilling question:
What remains of a person when the world decides they are worth more broken than whole?
For readers who appreciate dark social thrillers, morally complex storytelling, and fiction that exposes hidden structures of power, The Half-Life will leave a lasting mark.
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