Hysteresis

By Lynn Vincentnathan

In a fractured future where the only place life can survive is the Arctic and survival there is not guaranteed, Corporal Stel Hadlow moves through a world shaped by violence, scarcity, and autocratic control.

After a devastating loss at a funeral that turns deadly, Stel is pulled deeper into the machinery of the Imperium, a system fighting insurgent ALF factions while quietly pursuing experimental time travel. When she is sent back into the past, her mission appears simple at first: extract eco-philosopher Noah Hauke before his death so he can influence a pivotal moment in modern climate policy.

However, in a world where history is unstable and every intervention has consequences, Stel's assignment becomes increasingly difficult to define. Loyalties blur between the Imperium, the insurgents, and the fragile connections she still has to her daughter, Rache, left behind in a controlled and dangerous society.

As Stel moves between a dying future and a precarious present, she is forced to confront the cost of survival, the limits of hope, and how far a system will go when it believes the end of the world can still be negotiated.

HYSTERESIS is a taut, time-bending dystopian thriller about climate collapse, moral compromise, and the dangerous idea that changing the past might be the only way to save what remains.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H6TMY1H4
• ISBN13: 9798184274119
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"