Engineering Absence: A Novel of Linguistic Deception

By MOURAD BARGHOUTHE

What if the story of your life was written by someone else? Meredith Corrigan, a linguistic engineer who deconstructs meaning for a living, wakes up in a hospital with no memory of the accident that left her injured and her husband missing. The police see a victim-or a suspect. But the voice on her hidden recorder warns her not to trust anyone, not even her own memory. As Meredith pieces together fragments of a past she can't remember, she discovers that her husband, Simon, was involved in a dangerous project called "Chameleon"-a scheme to rewrite identities, erase histories, and disappear without a trace. Now, a man named Alistair Finch, a "context architect" who trades in narratives, is hunting her. And the only clues lie in a cryptic blue ledger and a series of voice memos she left for herself. Engineering Absence is a mind-bending psychological thriller where language is a weapon, memory is a trap, and the only way out is to rewrite the story before it rewrites you.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GLGKKDJ8
• ISBN13: 9798246857694
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"