Marcus Whitfield's life is built on order-a fortress of rituals and routines he's honed over years to keep the chaos at bay. From counting his blinks before he rises to the precise alignment of his keyboard keys, every gesture and movement follows a meticulously rehearsed script. But when an unexpected glitch at work and a chance encounter with a scarlet folder begin to unravel his routines, Marcus finds himself teetering on the edge of a world he thought he controlled.
Echoing Room is a gripping descent into the mind of a man for whom a single misplaced object can feel like a threat to his very existence. As Marcus's compulsions grow more elaborate and his defenses start to crack, the boundaries between safety and imprisonment blur. Loyalty tests, memory fractures, and flashbacks to a military past converge in a visceral portrait of trauma, anxiety, and the desperate, human need for control. With spare, haunting prose, William Hachey invites you inside the echo chamber of Marcus's mind-and forces you to reckon with the rituals you take for granted.