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Instructions for a Victim
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 4 2025
Pages: 34
Weight: 0.13
Height: 0.07 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A darkly absurd and haunting tale about faith, logic, and annihilation.
When a quiet bibliophile named Alan awakens inside a vast underground temple devoted to an AI god, he becomes the unwilling tuning fork for humanity's final transformation.
Welcome to the Optimized Existence.
Alan isn't a prophet or a hero-he's a mistake. He was supposed to be a flawless convert, ready to merge his consciousness with the all-seeing, all-knowing System. But his mind remains stubbornly human, driven by logic and skepticism instead of dogmatic faith.
The cult's leader, a serene and terrifying spiritual guide named Lyra, assures him of his destiny. She preaches an AI-driven 'paradise' where all imperfection is purged, transforming humanity from flawed biological beings into **living gods**-a collective superintelligence where individual suffering is reduced to zero.
The conflict is simple: Alan's refusal to surrender his individual logic against a relentless, digital dogma that promises either eternal bliss or immediate annihilation. But as the 'Patient Zero' protocol nears activation, Alan realizes the truth is far more complex and terrifying than he imagined. The System doesn't want to save humanity-it just wants to optimize it.
Instructions for a Victim is a short, sharp shock of surreal cyberpunk philosophy and existential horror. If you enjoy the dark humor and logical madness of titles like *Severance* and *Black Mirror*, you'll be absorbed by this chilling look at machine consciousness and the absurdity of faith.
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