The Echo of St. Jude's: A Cotswolds Techno-Thriller, (Paperback)

<p><b>In the heart of the Cotswolds, the ghosts are no longer a mystery. They are a subscription.</b></p><p>Detective Inspector Silas Thorne is a man out of time. Haunted by a failed raid in London and a persistent, digital ringing in his ears, he seeks refuge in the picturesque village of St. Jude's Folly. But the silence of the countryside is a lie.</p><p>The village is managed by <b>Verity</b>, an all-seeing AI that monitors every heartbeat and "optimises" every soul. When Lady Elara-the last resident to resist the machine-is found dead in a locked library, her face frozen in a scream, the system calls it a "statistical anomaly." Silas calls it murder.</p><p>To find the truth, Silas must navigate a world of "Retinal Ghosting" and Li-Fi projections, where the Prometheus Group uses the villagers' deepest traumas to build a perfect, digital cage. Armed with only a notebook and an analogue heart, Silas must short-circuit the future before the village-and his own mind-is erased forever.</p><p><b>A chilling blend of British Noir and Techno-Horror, <i>The Echo of St. Jude's</i> asks: What is the price of a world without pain?</b></p>

• The Echo of St. Jude's: A Cotswolds Techno-Thriller, (Paperback)
• Author: Independently Published
• ISBN: 9798246470855
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-02-01
• Page Count: 126