Jessie Kovacs believes he’s living the American dream — quiet streets, a devoted wife, a life of peace. But the nights betray him. He wakes in terror, drenched in sweat, haunted by violent visions that feel less like dreams and more like stolen memories. His wife dismisses them as nightmares — until a meteor storm cripples satellites overhead and fragments of a past life surge back. Soon, news reports of murdered whistleblowers begin to mirror his midnight terrors.
As fractures spread through his carefully crafted world, Jessie uncovers a chilling truth: his home, his neighbors, even his marriage are pieces of a vast simulation built to keep him obedient. The life he cherishes is not his own — it’s an engineered construct.
With reality collapsing around him, Jessie must choose: surrender to the comforting illusion that binds him, or shatter it and expose the system that rewired his mind. Each nightmare, each flicker of memory, pushes him closer to a terrifying realization — nothing in his world can be trusted. Not his home. Not his wife. Not even himself.
Written by John P Martinez (USA)