TRACES: A Psy-Fi Novel

Dear Agent,

The Narrative -- the infinite and eternal expanse where Traces create and manipulate realities -- is collapsing.

A fatal glitch causing rampant annihilation threatens the very fabric of their existence.

Rabbit, a jaded veteran Trace, is the only one to notice, or at least, the only one to sound the alarm. Along with Orphan, the youngest Trace and his mentee, he reluctantly embarks on a psychedelic quest through spacetime to stop the catastrophe.

But the glitch appears intentional, and someone -- or something -- is after them.

In this reality, you wake up in the life of an anonymous covert agent in San Francisco, tasked with infiltrating titan-of-industry Charles Baltier's secretive new startup: Neurosys. Intelligence suggests their research holds the power to rewrite the future of humanity... a power that cannot fall into the wrong hands. Your mission is to find what they're looking for... before you lose your Psyche.

As these storylines spiral in cosmic convergence, you must confront your darker self, weigh love against duty, reclaim your Agency, and challenge the Narrative itself to save what's real. When the stories intersect, so do the lines between fact and fiction, between literary and literal, and between you and me.

TRACES, the Author's novel debut, lies complete at 222k (I know) words and has series potential. It reflects the science fiction of having worked at Google as an AI Engineer, the literary and philosophical rigor of the Stanford Symbolic Systems Program, and the magical realism of an immigrant life with a Paraguayan upbringing.

As this story oscillates with yours, negotiating orbits in a superimposed state of convergence, the power to save the Narrative rests in your hands. You may be the secret agent it needs.

Follow the Traces; find out how deep the Rabbit hole goes.

Faithfully,

Cristian Cibils Bernardes