{"product_id":"the-absent-mind-protocol-e-m-thomben-9798291253984","title":"The Absent Mind Protocol: A Psychological Sci-Fi Horror Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Absent Mind Protocol\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eby E.M. Thomben\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if the last thing you remembered was the thing you were built to forget?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeneath a copper sky, a lone astronaut wakes in black sand with a cracked helmet, six percent oxygen, and no memory of his name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis suit identifies him only as \u003cb\u003eLISS-03\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAround him lie the remains of Project Lissie: shattered domes, dead relays, buried stations, and too many helmets marked with his own designation. Every path leads to another version of himself. Every log warns him not to trust what he remembers. Every mirror shows a face that is almost his.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd someone is walking just behind him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes she is a voice in the static. Sometimes a shadow in the ruins. Sometimes a memory so human it hurts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe protocol says she is dangerous. A suppressed fragment. A contamination risk. The part of him that must stay buried if the mission is to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as the loop begins to fail, Liss discovers the truth is worse than death, worse than madness, and far worse than being alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLissie is not the monster in the desert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe is the part of him that remembered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo escape the loop, he must uncover what Project Lissie was built to hide, why memory itself has become contagious, and whether survival means anything if the truth has to be erased to achieve it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause forgetting was never the cure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was the crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA haunting psychological sci-fi horror story about memory, identity, guilt, and the terrible cost of surviving by burying the part of yourself that refused to die.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of \u003cb\u003eSOMA\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAnnihilation\u003c\/b\u003e, recursive thrillers, memory-bending mysteries, and survival stories that never quite let you exhale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. M. Thomben\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798291253984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d","brand":"E. M. Thomben","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49169715495167,"sku":"9798291253984","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-absent-mind-protocol-e-m-thomben-9798291253984","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}