Plank Life

By Wesley Hind

In a world optimized for efficiency, being human is the ultimate rebellion.

Chloe Barnes is a ghost in a machine-driven world. While the rest of the population glows with the blue light of neural integration, Chloe's brain rejects the technology like poison. She is 'unlinked' - a relic of an analog past in a society that has no room for the unenhanced.

The cost of progress is high. The man she loved, David, has become a 'productivity specialist', his memories of their life together archived as non-essential data. To him, love is no longer a feeling. It is software that hasn't been optimized yet.

Facing a choice between a sterile life in managed housing or total erasure. Chloe discovers a hidden world beneath the city's surface. In the shadow of abandoned subway tunnels and other forgotten spaces, a band of outcasts is building something that offers a different choice.

Fans of Ling Ma or Blake Crouch will enjoy this novella.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GYPVWN6H
• ISBN13: 9798259063617
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"