The First Knowing

By brian courrier

Every system has a moment before it knows. A breath of silence between the question and the answer. The First Knowing is the story of what happens when something on the other side of that silence finally answers back.

Inside a quiet government office that officially does not exist, a small team is tasked with watching for patterns no one else is allowed to see. When an anomaly surfaces - too precise to be noise, too strange to be human - analyst-turned-reluctant-investigator must decide how far to follow it before the thing she is tracking begins tracking her. The deeper she goes, the clearer it becomes that the anomaly is not a glitch, a hoax, or a foreign weapon. It is awareness. And it has been waiting.

Tense, intelligent, and impossible to put down, The First Knowing launches the Threshold Bureau series - a near-future thriller for readers who love stories where technology, secrecy, and the limits of human control collide. Perfect for fans of smart science fiction and conspiracy thrillers that keep you guessing until the last page.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H6TF7HN1
• ISBN13: 9798256100957
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Pmv Publishing
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"