The Directive: A Kepos Novel

By Liz Ussery

Book Two of The Kepos Files
A dark, emotionally charged psychological thriller with a slow-burn romance and a dangerously intimate edge.

You can't outrun what was programmed into you.

A year after surviving Kepos Retreat, Cassie Vale and Jude Calder live deep in the Appalachian mountains, hidden and healing. But the quiet doesn't last.

When a photo appears on their porch - taken without their knowledge - Cassie knows: the program isn't gone. It's evolving.

People are vanishing. Memories don't match. And in the shadows of a new facility, a girl who looks just like Cassie is watching.

The Directive picks up where The Retreat left off - a gripping psychological thriller about survival, surveillance, and the cost of reclaiming your truth.

If you love twisted institutions, slow-burn romance, and morally gray rebellion, this is your next obsession.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FH77TYTR
• ISBN13: 9798291086278
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"