The Invisible People (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9798992444827)

In a city that prides itself on progress, some people simply disappear.

Ava Chen, a former investigative journalist turned café barista, begins to notice a disturbing pattern among the city's most forgotten residents. People living on the margins-those struggling with homelessness, addiction, or mental illness-are vanishing without explanation. When they return, they are no longer the same. They are cleaner. Calmer. Optimized. And they no longer remember who they used to be.

As Ava investigates, she uncovers evidence of a secretive organization operating beneath the surface of everyday life-one that believes human suffering is a design flaw. Through experimental technology that alters memory and identity, the group claims to offer people a better version of themselves. But the cost of this transformation is erasure: of pain, of history, and of choice.

Reality itself begins to fracture as Ava encounters individuals who seem to exist in multiple states at once-versions of people who bleed across timelines, carrying memories that don't belong to them. The deeper Ava digs, the more she realizes that resistance may be the very thing that makes her dangerous.

Blending psychological suspense with speculative science, The Invisible People explores the ethics of human optimization, the power of memory, and the quiet violence of being "fixed" without consent. It is a story about identity, trauma, and the unseen consequences of a world that values perfection over authenticity-and about what it truly means to remain human when everything editable is on the table.