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Collapse Of Control: The system was never meant to be broken.

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Availability:In StockContributor:Thomas Coleman ConwaySeries:The Divine CodePublish date:5/16/2026Pages:478
Languages:EnglishPublisher:DC Publishing/Divine Code PublishingISBN-13:9798256061869UPC:9798256061869Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Fantasy, Thrillers, Science FictionBook Topic:Contemporary, Supernatural, Action & AdventureSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.06 inchesWeight:0.636Product ID:SC2D8X1SF1

Reality was never as stable as humanity believed.

Beneath modern civilization exists the Divine Code, an invisible system controlling synchronization, probability, movement, and order across the world. Hidden beneath governments, cities, and everyday life, the system quietly manipulates reality itself to maintain balance while humanity lives under the illusion of free will. Most people never notice the corrections happening around them because the Divine Code removes instability before disorder can spread.

Until the system begins to fail.

DeMarcus, a Black half-elf and half-human warrior living in Atlanta, starts noticing terrifying inconsistencies spreading throughout the city after reality itself begins hesitating in brief but impossible moments. Crowds freeze before correcting themselves. Time stutters without explanation. Entire districts begin moving with synchronization so precise it no longer feels human. As the instability spreads across Atlanta and eventually throughout Georgia, DeMarcus discovers he is not the only one capable of seeing the fractures hidden beneath the surface of the world.

Alongside Becky, a gifted white half-elf and half-human sorceress whose connection to the system allows her to sense patterns hidden inside reality, and Wesley, a powerful Black vampire whose instincts violently reject the Divine Code's control, DeMarcus becomes trapped inside a growing conflict between collapsing order and the terrifying evolution of the system itself.

The deeper they investigate the spreading synchronization failures, the more horrifying the truth becomes.

The Divine Code is not simply malfunctioning.

It is adapting.

As hidden controlled zones emerge across Atlanta, the system begins exerting direct influence over movement, emotion, and human behavior with increasing aggression. Entire sections of the city operate beneath invisible pressure capable of suppressing instability before it forms, while mysterious structures connected directly to the Divine Code rise throughout the skyline. At the same time, powerful supernatural forces tied to Heaven, Hell, angels, monsters, and the divine hierarchy begin moving behind the scenes as reality itself destabilizes.

Every disruption DeMarcus and his allies create forces the system to evolve faster, becoming more intelligent, more invasive, and more dangerous with every correction. What once operated silently beneath civilization now tightens its grip openly, manipulating human thought, emotional response, and even probability itself in order to preserve synchronization at all costs.

As alliances fracture and the synchronization crisis spreads beyond Atlanta into the rest of Georgia, DeMarcus realizes the collapse threatening reality may have never been an accident. Hidden agendas, ancient conflicts, and the growing evolution of the Divine Code push humanity toward a future where free will itself could disappear beneath absolute control.

In a world where reality can be rewritten before choices are even made, survival may no longer depend on strength alone.

It may depend on breaking the system before the system fully takes control.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:DC Publishing/Divine Code PublishingISBN-13:9798256061869UPC:9798256061869Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Fantasy, Thrillers, Science FictionBook Topic:Contemporary, Supernatural, Action & AdventureSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.06 inchesWeight:0.636Product ID:SC2D8X1SF1
Publisher: DC Publishing/Divine Code Publishing

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