You Were Warned: When Drift Turns into Consequence

By S. Roberts

You Were Warned is not about punishment.
It's about what happens before punishment becomes inevitable.

This book lives in the space most people ignore - the stretch of time where warnings are given, rules are clear, and consequences are visible but still distant. The phase where nothing feels urgent yet, even though everything is already moving toward an ending.

Probation isn't about supervision.
It's about choice.

This is the stage where people still believe they have time. Time to explain. Time to adjust. Time to fix things later. And that belief is exactly what destroys them.

You Were Warned explores the psychology of ignored limits, delayed consequences, and the slow erosion of accountability. It dissects how structure breaks down long before freedom does - and why most people don't realize the danger until the door is already closing.

There are no dramatic arrests here.
No sudden twists.
No villains.
Just patterns.
Paperwork. And the quiet certainty of what happens when warnings stop feeling real.

This book is for anyone who has ever told themselves "I'll deal with it later." For anyone who mistook leniency for forgiveness. For anyone who didn't realize the warning phase was the most important phase of all. Because once warnings end, choice ends with them.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GDTM9VXQ
• ISBN13: 9798242337695
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"