Threadborn Echo
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3 Months Free
Threadborn Echo
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Narrated by:
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Casey Wayne
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By:
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Michael Talbot
THREADBORN ECHO is a character driven science fiction thriller about the invisible systems that hold our modern world together and what happens when they start making decisions of their own. Dan Rourke is a data analyst stuck in a numbing government job; he thinks in probabilities and patterns, not prophecies. When a casual “what if” about sending lottery numbers back in time collides with a secretive AI oversight program called AICept, he gets pulled into a high stakes loop where grid failures, wildfires, and human lives are all just variables in someone else’s model.
The story moves across multiple timelines, from present day Kansas City to a tightly controlled future that has quietly traded freedom for stability.
Alongside Dan's present-day investigation runs Natalie's story, a woman navigating life in that optimized future, where the consequences of Dan's choices have already played out.
THREADBORN ECHO digs into how small choices compound inside complex systems, and how hard it is to stay human when optimization is the only thing that seems to matter. If you like grounded, near future sci fi, this is very much that space: one man trying to out think a world that believes it already knows what is best for him.
©2026 Michael Talbot (P)2026 Michael Talbot