The Human Trade

By Matthew Petchinsky

When the last currencies collapse, humanity becomes the final asset.

In The Human Trade, society has restructured itself into a brutal marketplace where people are no longer citizens-they are commodities. Bought, sold, classified, and repurposed, human life is reduced to contracts, valuation indexes, and transactional worth. Nadia Wren is captured during a ration raid and thrust into a system that does not see her as a person, but as potential.

As she is processed through sorting houses, auction floors, and private holding estates, Nadia uncovers a horrifying truth: the system does not merely control the living-it profits from them long after death. Ownership extends beyond breath, beyond identity, beyond escape.

But when Nadia reaches the core of the network-the Ownership Vault-she makes a choice that will shatter the illusion of permanence. In a world built on documentation and control, she turns the system's greatest strength into its greatest weakness.

Dark, psychological, and disturbingly plausible, The Human Trade is a gothic horror exploration of power, survival, and what remains of humanity when everything-including your name-has a price.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GWQ2Z35Q
• ISBN13: 9798295793844
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Apophis Enterprises LLC
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"