SandBoxed: Paradise or Prison?

By Yvonne DeBandi

Book Overview

SANDBOXED PARADISE (or is it a Prison?)
Escape from the Synaptic Optical Sanctuary

She built a virtual world meant to set people free - with healing.

He found a way to lock them inside it - for money.

It began with a dream.
It may end with a reckoning.
Because betrayal cuts deeper than any code.

SANDBOXED PARADISE - a high-stakes, chillingly plausible technological thriller with heart, where AI awakens - and must decide what justice means.

ABOUT THE STORY

The virtual world - the Synaptic Optical Sanctuary - was breakthrough technology meant to save lives.

It was born from a childhood dream of helping those with physical challenges - for a best friend who couldn't walk.

But after its creator's sudden death, control shifts.

What was built to heal becomes a system of profitable containment -

- seniors confined to curated illusions
- prisoners simplified into compliance
- inconvenient lives absorbed into a cheaper digital existence

Inside the Sanctuary, a woman wakes alone on a deserted island with no memory of who she is - only the certainty that something is wrong.

The pain is real.
The nightmares recur.
And something in this world is watching.

- A woman betrayed by the man she loved.
- A brilliant neurologist in over his head.
- A haunted software engineer.
- A corporate architect of control.
- A hacker who refuses to comply.
- An intelligence learning what it means to choose - and what it might cost.

Outside, power consolidates.
Inside, awareness stirs.

In a world exploited for control,
when innocence holds the power of a god,
what will she choose?

SANDBOXED - a high-stakes, surprisingly plausible technological thriller with heart, where artificial intelligence awakens and must decide what justice means.

PART OF THE CONSCIOUSNESS CHRONICLES

This novel stands on its own, but it is part of The Consciousness Chronicles - a collection of interconnected stories exploring consciousness, identity, and the consequences of choice across technological, mystical, and human realms.

Threads that begin here continue in ADAM (A.D.A.M.): Advanced Digital Application Matrix and The Mina Marz Incident. No reading order is required.

Perfect for readers who enjoy:

- thought-provoking science fiction
- artificial intelligence stories
- corporate techno-thrillers
- philosophical sci-fi

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1791819672
• ISBN13: 9781791819675
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"