Small Town, Big Data: When Convenience Becomes Control

By Brian A. Clark

Welcome to Tranquility. Population: 1,214. Happiness score: 99.8%. Everything is perfect. And that's what's wrong.

When data scientist Sarah Chen escapes Silicon Valley and returns to her sleepy hometown, she's looking for a simpler life. She finds something else entirely: a town transformed. The local coffee shop knows her order before she speaks. Crime is nonexistent. Everyone is flawlessly happy. Tranquility has become a smart-city paradise, optimized for peak efficiency by the very tech company she helped build.

At first, she's impressed. Then, she sees the cracks in the code. The small acts of rebellion that are quietly erased. The neighbors who seem a little too content, a little too predictable. The whispers of people who questioned the system and simply... vanished.

Her old home isn't just connected; it's controlled. The town is a laboratory, and its citizens are the test subjects in an experiment they never agreed to. Now, Sarah, the woman who helped write the first lines of the code, is the only one who sees the truth.

But in a town that sees everything, how do you fight an enemy who knows what you're going to do before you do?

A chillingly plausible techno-thriller for fans of Blake Crouch and Dave Eggers' The Circle. This is a story that will make you look twice at every smart device you own.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FPVT6N8T
• ISBN13: 9798263834692
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"