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The Loop: Where desire becomes data.
Paperback
Science FictionGeneral GLBTQIA Fiction
Publisher: D.R. Manago
Published: May 4 2026
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.68 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Loop
When desire becomes data, no secret stays buried.
Photographer Brandon Adams has survived by keeping one thing under tight control: the Loop, a rare psychic resonance that can turn attraction, fear, and longing into something shared, amplified, and dangerously real. But when he is pulled back into the glittering orbit of Derek Klein-and into the path of Marcus Grant, a man whose presence feels less like chance than recognition-Brandon's carefully guarded world begins to open in ways he can no longer contain.
What starts as chemistry becomes something deeper, stranger, and far more powerful: a connection no algorithm can predict and no machine can truly imitate. In a near-future world of synthetic humans, emotional surveillance, and corporate systems hungry to monetize intimacy itself, Brandon and Marcus become entangled in a battle over love, autonomy, and the price of being truly known.
The Loop is a sensual, high-stakes blend of queer romance, speculative fiction, and psychological techno-thriller. It will speak to readers who love emotional intensity, forbidden vulnerability, and stories where the heart is every bit as dangerous as the technology. For genre fans, it offers layered worldbuilding, suspense, and conspiracy. For curious readers, it delivers a deeply human story about trust, identity, and what survives when power tries to turn feeling into a product. It's the kind of novel that lingers after the last page-and begs to be shared.
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