Broken Halo

In a future where “psychiatric care” is a polite lie for psychic captivity, Mara Ives spends every day drugged, monitored, and forced to speak the future for an organization that profits off her visions. Veritasol keeps her compliant, keeps her honest, keeps her trapped. But somewhere out in the city, a rogue psychic named Kael reaches her through the astral plane with one promise: he’s coming for her.

As Mara endures another brutal session with the Orbis executives who exploit her abilities, Kael discovers he’s not the only outsider moving in the shadows. A hidden presence has hijacked the city’s systems and is pushing both Mara and Kael toward a collision neither fully understands.

When an impossible symbol appears inside the locked ward—a cracked halo no one in the facility could have placed—Mara takes her first step toward freedom. And someone, or something, unlocks the door.

What waits beyond it is anyone’s guess.