Animal Tribunal
In a valley where wildness is sold as a guarantee, silence becomes the ultimate rebellion.
For tourists, WildSure's "Sunrise Herd Window" promises the perfect photo op: bison on cue, elk in the meadow, and wolves appearing right on schedule. For Tessa Graywolf, a KinSpeak mediator with a neural implant that translates animal stress into data, it's a living nightmare. She knows the "calm" her implant registers is a lie-manufactured by covert sonic fences that steer herds into profitable corridors and away from their natural paths.
When a staged predator encounter nearly turns deadly, the valley's fragile peace shatters. Ranchers demand lethal control, the county pushes for physical barriers, and WildSure's grip tightens, turning the ecosystem into a tightly scripted theme park. But Tessa has found a flaw in the machine: the system runs on the human addiction to certainty.
Teaming up with a rogue ecologist, a weary ranger, and a rancher tired of being a pawn, Tessa launches a desperate counter-movement. The "Animal Tribunal" isn't a courtroom-it's a practice. A radical reclaiming of patience, distance, and the terrifying, beautiful right of nature to remain unscheduled.
As migration season dawns, Tessa must lead a community of skeptics to dismantle the invisible fences before the herd arrives. But in a world where attention is the currency, the most dangerous thing you can do is teach people to wait.
Perfect for fans of techno-thrillers, ecological fiction, and stories about the intersection of humanity, technology, and the wild.
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