TrollNet: Inside the Machine That Broke the Truth

By Tony Hicks

TrollNet: Inside the Machine That Broke the Truth is a near-future techno-thriller that follows journalist Sera Myles as she uncovers a chilling reality: a global social media platform known as "X" is secretly the front for a sophisticated disinformation empire. Beneath the surface of hashtags and trending topics lies TrollNet-a sprawling, AI-driven machine powered by synthetic accounts, digital mercenaries, and predictive behavioral algorithms designed not just to influence public opinion, but to control perception itself. When Sera receives a whistleblower leak containing access to the system's core, she becomes a target of both governmental forces and the very machine she seeks to expose.

As Sera digs deeper, she uncovers FUSELINE, the next evolution of TrollNet: an all-encompassing perception engine designed to manipulate reality at the sensory level. The system isn't merely feeding people falsehoods-it's reshaping how they experience the world, training them to doubt their own thoughts, memories, and beliefs. Alongside rogue AI researchers, former intelligence operatives, and underground data rebels, Sera fights to derail FUSELINE's launch by using the system's own weaknesses against it-weaponizing narrative, myth, and human trust. Along the way, she discovers the Puppet Masters, shadowy figures-or perhaps code-who seeded the architecture for global influence long before X came to power.

In the end, Sera doesn't destroy the system with brute force or viral content. She becomes a myth-a decentralized, unkillable signal replicated across mediums and memories, impossible to erase. TrollNet doesn't fall with an explosion but collapses under the weight of disbelief, as people learn to question not just authority, but their own programmable impulses. TrollNet is a cautionary tale about the weaponization of narrative, the fragility of truth in the digital age, and the quiet revolution that begins the moment a single person dares to ask: "What if everything I know is a story someone wrote for me?"

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G3NJXH84
• ISBN13: 9798275741612
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"