Disclosure: This episode contains AI-generated narration. The story is fully written by Alan Hawkins.

Taken to a re-education facility, Tom faces the threat of torture—but refuses to panic. His defiance marks him as a risk to the regime, even though he is still a child.

Returned to the barracks with older teenagers, Tom is pushed back into a system designed to break him. A violent confrontation follows, ending with Tom being summoned by the battalion's executive officer.

Season 1: Surveillance State: The Escape

Soldier Tom Edwards escapes a totalitarian regime and learns the cost of freedom.

Systems of Control: Serialized Fiction.

Tense, character-driven thriller fiction about surveillance, authority, corruption, and the human cost of living under systems designed to control.

Disclosure: This episode contains AI-generated narration. The story is fully written by Alan Hawkins.

After questioning the loss of civil liberties, Tom is seized from the classroom by the Regime’s internal security force—the Gray Shirts. What begins as discipline quickly turns into something far more dangerous.

At the re-education facility, Sergeant Tyler pushes for immediate execution, only to be stopped by higher authority. Violence follows, and Tom is stripped of any remaining protection as he is taken inside for the re-education process to begin.

Season 1: Surveillance State: The Escape

Soldier Tom Edwards escapes a totalitarian regime and learns the cost of freedom.

Systems of Control: Serialized Fiction.

Tense, character-driven thriller fiction about surveillance, authority, corruption, and the human cost of living under systems designed to control.

Disclosure: This episode contains AI-generated narration. The story is fully written by Alan Hawkins.

Sent by train to a military training school, Tom is introduced to the Regime’s indoctrination system—where obedience matters more than truth. On the journey, he meets bullies and refuses to back down.

In the classroom, Tom questions the use of violence against peaceful protesters and challenges the loss of civil liberties. His refusal to comply escalates quickly, ending with an alarm being triggered—and the consequences just beginning.

Season 1: Surveillance State: The Escape

Soldier Tom Edwards escapes a totalitarian regime and learns the cost of freedom.

Systems of Control: Serialized Fiction.

Tense, character-driven thriller fiction about surveillance, authority, corruption, and the human cost of living under systems designed to control.

Disclosure: This episode contains AI-generated narration. The story is fully written by Alan Hawkins.

Episode 01 — Welcome to the Regime

At age 11, Tom Edwards’ parents disappear before the government comes for him. Surveillance cameras are everywhere, and the state is searching for enemies.

Season 1: Surveillance State: The Escape

Soldier Tom Edwards escapes a totalitarian regime and learns the cost of freedom.

System of Control: Serialized Fiction

Tense, character-driven thriller fiction about surveillance, authority, corruption, and the human cost of living under systems designed to control.

Systems of Control: Serialized Fiction is a podcast exploring surveillance, authority, corruption, and the human cost of living under systems designed to control behavior rather than protect freedom.

Each season tells a self-contained, character-driven story—political thriller, crime fiction, and dystopian drama—focused on ordinary people caught inside mechanisms far larger than themselves.This trailer introduces the world, themes, and tone of the series.

Disclosure: This episode contains AI-generated narration. The series is written by Alan Hawkins.