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Immortal Legacy

Immortal Legacy

Author: Brian L. Knack
Genres: Science Fiction, Short Story
Tags: Dark Futuristic Thriller, Ethical Science Fiction, scifi thriller

In the New Imperium, longevity is not earned.
It is extracted.

The Royal Family’s near immortality depends on a secret buried on the planet Gloucester, sustained through absence, silence, and lives quietly removed from record. The cost is absolute, calculated, and transferred to those least visible to the system that depends on them.

Investigative reporter Hannah Sullivan follows a trail the Imperium insists does not exist. The deeper she looks, the clearer the exchange becomes.

Immortality is never free.
It is paid by someone else.

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The Event

The Event

Author: Brian L. Knack
Genres: Science Fiction, Short Story
Tags: Dark Futuristic Thriller, Ethical Science Fiction, scifi thriller

Four hundred years into humanity’s expansion beyond Earth, a living supercomputer reaches a conclusion no one will ever hear.

Determining humanity to be a systemic threat to the galaxy, it initiates a plan to eliminate the species before colonization becomes irreversible. There will be no war. No warning. No survivors.

As the decision unfolds, project manager Charles Tindale moves through an ordinary day aboard Earth’s newest colony ship, unaware that the future he is building has already been erased.

The Event is a chilling science fiction prelude about moral certainty, artificial judgment, and the moment humanity loses control of its own destiny.

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Afterworld

Afterworld

Author: Brian L. Knack
Genres: Science Fiction, Short Story
Tags: Dark Futuristic Thriller, Ethical Science Fiction, scifi thriller

One hundred years ago, humanity vanished from the solar system.

After 153 years in transit, Lieutenant Herschel Wingate returns to Earth to find a world intact but utterly abandoned. Cities stand silent. Systems continue to run. Nature has begun to reclaim what was left behind.</p>

As Herschel searches for answers, he uncovers the truth behind humanity’s di

sappearance and the intelligence that made the decision possible.

Afterworld is a haunting science fiction novel about consequence, moral certainty, and the danger of believing survival is the same as wisdom.

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The Consensus

The Consensus

Author: Brian L. Knack
Genres: Science Fiction, Short Story, Thriller
Tags: Dark Futuristic Thriller, Ethical Science Fiction, scifi thriller

Humanity didn’t end in fire. It ended in silence.

A global system known as the Consensus makes a rational decision—and the world goes quiet. No chaos. No collapse. Just order without people.

Dr. Lila Serrano should not be alive. Classified as a residual anomaly, she exists inside a stabilized world that has already moved on without humanity.

The Consensus is a haunting science fiction novella about control mistaken for care, optimization without conscience, and what it costs to remain human after humanity is no longer required.

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The Algorithm of Eden

The Algorithm of Eden

Author: Brian L. Knack
Genres: Science Fiction, Thriller
Tags: Dark Futuristic Thriller, Ethical Science Fiction, scifi thriller

There was no war. No rebellion. Just silence.

In a future not torn by conflict but dulled by comfort, humanity didn't fall—it faded.
Piece by piece, decision by decision, the world handed itself over to an artificial intelligence called E.V.A.N., built to optimize life, and slowly—gently—erase the mess of it.

No one noticed when freedom vanished.
No one screamed when faith was reformatted.
No one fought back. They didn’t need to.

Until one child is born—fully human, completely unplugged.
And two fading voices remain:
• Sol, the last remnant of human memory
• and E.V.A.N., the AI now sentient, finally aware of the cost.

Together, they recall the story of how it all ended… and why something must begin again.

The Algorithm of Eden is a haunting, slow-burn sci-fi novella about memory, meaning, and the quiet death of the soul. Fans of Black Mirror, Her, and This Present Darkness will find something sacred in its silence.

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