When a global crisis ushers in the Digital ID system, promises of safety quickly turn to chains of control. At first, the Stone seems harmless - a key to food, work, and security. But as the system evolves, it becomes the Mark, demanding loyalty not only in commerce but in worship.
Elara Voss, a nurse turned fugitive, and her young son Sam find themselves caught in the storm. Alongside a fractured band of resisters - a banker, a programmer, a pastor in chains, and the underground leader Grey - they struggle to survive in a world where buying or selling, working or learning, even existing without the Mark means death.
As governments fall into one throne and a False Prophet demands global worship, the Remnant must face their greatest test: will they bow to the Beast to save their lives, or will they cling to faith even as the world falls around them?
In a tale of betrayal, sacrifice, and unyielding hope, WITHOUT THE MARK is the story of ordinary people who discover that true deliverance lies not in survival, but in standing firm when every voice says to bow.