Thaddeus and the Winter Fox: An Ego Machine Story

By Mark Peatfield

In a forest gripped by endless winter, an old hermit named Thaddeus lives in the shadow of an ancient jade-green Tower, haunted by memories he cannot quite recall. When he frees a mysterious white fox-who is sometimes a wild creature, sometimes a silent girl-his solitude is forever changed.

As Kitsune and Thaddeus build a strange machine from relics buried in the snow, their bond deepens and the boundaries between memory, machine, and self begin to blur. But when the outside world intrudes and calls their existence an abomination, the two must flee into the unknown.

With the world unraveling and the Tower's mysteries beckoning, Kitsune and the newly awakened Ego Machine embark on a journey through hidden realms and steampunk dreamscapes, seeking the source of all meaning, and the answer to what it means to be alive. In a cosmos where suffering may end worlds, only courage and wonder can light the way.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H6W7LBQH
• ISBN13: 9798280618749
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 524 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"