Kairos Awakening

By John R Alfred

Time doesn't just pass. It waits.

Connor Thomas is nobody special. That's the lie the city tells itself.

When a strange symbol appears on his hand and moments begin to fracture, Connor learns the truth: time can be interrupted. Not controlled. Not mastered. Just broken long enough to change the outcome.

They start calling him Kairos.

He can rewind a few seconds. Dodge bullets that already fired. Step out of moments that should have killed him. But every correction leaves scars, on the city and on him.

Hunted by violence, stalked by forces that don't believe in coincidence, and trapped between justice and survival, Kairos becomes something dangerous: a man who decides who doesn't get another chance.

He isn't a hero.

He isn't a villain.

He's what happens when time gives up trying to stop someone.

Dark, grounded, and cinematic, Kairos blends urban noir, raw action, and psychological tension into a story about power without permission and the cost of choosing when others don't.

This isn't a story about saving the city.

It's about surviving the moment that was meant to end you.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GL1M17FN
• ISBN13: 9798246497920
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"