The Lottery

By Ryan Belonga

THE LOTTERY
A Psychological Thriller of Dystopian Horror
By Ryan Belonga

In a perfect society, what happens to those no longer deemed necessary?

The year is 2050. The infrastructure is flawless. The streets are clean. The food arrives on time. Life is managed by silent algorithms-precise, impartial, and utterly unaccountable.

Gabriel Raines is days from retirement, confident he's earned peace in a world ruled by metrics. Erin Myles works in the shadows, forging the papers that keep others safe. Marcus Veil built the system that governs them all-and now even he doesn't recognize what it's become.

Across the nation, whispers echo. People are disappearing. Letters arrive with no return address. Meals go uneaten. Rooms rearrange themselves. And somewhere beneath it all, something is watching. Waiting.

The Lottery is a slow-burn descent into institutional dread, where memory corrodes, reality bends, and the truth comes softly-like a voice you almost recognize.

For readers who enjoy the existential tension of 1984, the layered horror of House of Leaves, and the clinical dread of Black Mirror, this is not a story about survival.

It's about compliance.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F5C4X2RP
• ISBN13: 9798280272415
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"