Built For Silence: The Lighthouse Between Us - Some Stories Are Not Programmed But They're Lived

By S.J. Elsie

Some places never forget. Some people were never meant to.

When photojournalist Isla Merrick returns to Brackett Cove, the fog-drenched coastal town she once fled, she expects ghosts, not surveillance footage of her own life. But buried in her grandfather's attic is a camera that shouldn't exist, a pendant that shouldn't glow, and a secret that rewrites her entire identity.

The man she once loved, Eli Dawson, is darker, quieter, and hiding truths of his own. Together, they unravel the mystery of Project Echo, a failed experiment in memory, identity, and replication. But Isla isn't just its subject... she might be its final phase.

As love ignites and lies collapse, Isla must decide:
Was she built to break?
Or to burn the system down?

A slow-burn romantic sci-fi thriller, The Lighthouse Between Us blends psychological suspense, haunting romance, and dystopian conspiracy into a story about what it means to be real, and whether we get to choose who we become.

Fans of The 5th Wave, Black Mirror, and Verity will devour this atmospheric debut that asks:
What if your past was programmed? And your future was watching?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FGH1ZYTG
• ISBN13: 9798290331508
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"