“A layered thriller where each new crime deepens the mystery.” — The BookLife Prize “Lean, rhythmic prose with a cinematic pace.” — The BookLife Prize “A clever twist on the writer‑whose‑stories‑become‑real premise.” — The BookLife Prize “A well‑drawn lead whose pattern recognition becomes both gift and danger.” — The BookLife Prize “A formidable antagonist manipulating science, media, and perception.” — The BookLife Prize
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“A layered thriller where each new crime deepens the mystery.” — The BookLife Prize “Lean, rhythmic prose with a cinematic pace.” — The BookLife Prize “A clever twist on the writer‑whose‑stories‑become‑real premise.” — The BookLife Prize “A well‑drawn lead whose pattern recognition becomes both gift and danger.” — The BookLife Prize “A formidable antagonist manipulating science, media, and perception.” — The BookLife Prize 〰️
The ideas began as fiction. Until they weren't.
Aric Vale has spent years making other people’s ideas understandable. A Los Angeles science journalist and failed screenwriter, he has learned to recognize the precise moment when pressure forces a person, institution, or system to change. He calls it the hinge. When his former film-school friend, producer Leland Arnold, asks him to repair a troubled screenplay, Aric finally gets what he has always wanted: proof that his ideas matter. Then Leland is murdered using a method Aric invented for an abandoned script.
Aric could walk away. Instead, he must stop the next hinge.
Reviews
“Hanson constructs a layered thriller that grows increasingly dangerous as Aric realizes the scenarios he once devised for Hollywood are being carried out in the real world. Each new crime deepens the mystery. When those responsible begin altering Aric’s original methods, his ability to recognize patterns turns into an increasingly complicit advantage.” — The BookLife Prize