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You Were Given Someone Else's Death Date
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerScience FictionGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Davis Shyaka Musirikare
Published: Mar 19 2026
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.35 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
What if your life was no longer in your hands? What if your very next breath depended on a stranger thousands of miles away?
On a quiet morning in Rio de Janeiro, Mira wakes up to a stinging sensation on her wrist. Under her skin, a date appears in a ghostly white glow: July 14, 2026. It is not the day she was born, and it is not her own expiration date. It is the death date of a stranger.
In this new world, every human being is linked to another. If your match dies in a car accident, your heart stops. If they fall ill, you fade away. Your survival is no longer a personal choice-it is a global chain of interconnected lives.
Across the ocean, in the crowded streets of Mumbai, a young man named Silas Varma holds Mira's life in his hands. He is being hunted by the Corporation, a powerful entity that seeks to control the Short-Terms and harvest the energy of their connection. With only months left on the clock, Mira must leave everything behind and race across the globe to find the man who unknowingly holds her future.
From the vibrant markets of India to the frozen peaks of the Swiss Alps, Mira and Silas must fight to stay alive in a system designed to exploit their fear. But as they grow closer, they discover a power the machine never predicted-a golden spark that proves love is not a calculation.
Can they break the system before the clock strikes midnight? Or will they become just another two names in a database of the dead?
You Were Given Someone Else's Death Date is a cinematic, heart-pounding journey of hope, mystery, and the unbreakable threads that connect every human heart. It is a story for anyone who has ever wondered what they would do if they were finally given a chance to truly live.
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