A world collapsing into artificiality. One third of the population is androids linked to a supercomputer. Trust is the last form of rebellion.
Title: Worlds Apart – Sylvie
Author: R. Morello
Series: Worlds Apart Series (Book 2)
Publisher: Cathedral Rocks Publishing
ISBN: 9798288339110
Format: Ebook and Paperback
Pages: 123
Word Count: 29,589
Genre: Science Fiction, Multiverse, Dystopian
As Peter and Ali expose a hidden network of androids linked to a central supercomputer and a centuries old global government conspiracy, they recruit Marsh Flusty to confront the android Reactor Sylvie and a dictator delaying a prophetic Armageddon, forcing them to question who they can truly trust.
Worlds Apart – Sylvie is a dystopian science fiction sequel to Worlds Apart, set in a quarantined Western Sector where a third of a rioting population is revealed to be androids secretly linked to a central supercomputer known as the Beast. As Peter and Ali uncover ties between the android network and a centuries old underground global government, they call in Marsh Flusty to help expose the truth. Hunted under a bounty and trapped in a collapsing system, they confront Sylvie, the Reactor, who controls the android power hub, and Philop Hestemes, a dictator delaying global unification to postpone a prophetic Armageddon. In a world where anyone could be artificial, trust becomes the last form of rebellion.
(Sequel to Worlds Apart)
Los Angeles is cut off from the world, collapsing under riots, scarcity, and paranoia: and suddenly, everything people thought they knew shatters. During a street riot, Peter witnesses something impossible: a third of the crowd freezes mid motion, like puppets with their strings cut. His wife Ali uncovers the truth, they aren’t human at all. They’re androids, all networked into a covert supercomputer known only as the Beast, silently collecting global data.
Desperate to understand the growing conspiracy, Peter and Ali call in Marsh Flusty, a former investigator living outside the quarantine zone. Together, they uncover a chilling reality: a centuries old underground government manipulated the economic collapse, sealed the Western Sector, and embedded androids throughout the population to steer humanity toward controlled global unification.
But the conspiracy reaches even deeper. A bounty is placed on Marsh, offering safe passage out of the sector to anyone who turns him in. And someone from their past, long believed dead, resurfaces at the center of it all.
Sylvie.
Now called the Reactor, Sylvie controls the android power hub from a fortified facility hidden in the ruins of a Saugus race track. But her motivations are obscure, and her loyalties impossible to read. Worse, the dictator Philop Hestemes watches from an underground command center, delaying the final stages of unification to stall a prophecy he believes will trigger Armageddon.
As Marsh, Peter, Ali, and Sylvie’s paths collide, the line between human and machine dissolves. Trust becomes currency. Survival becomes strategy. And every revelation pushes them closer to a truth engineered across centuries, one that could determine the fate of both the Western Sector and the rest of the world.
In a world where anyone could be artificial, trust becomes the final rebellion.
The Identity Crisis: Explores the terrifying realization that people around you may not be human, driving deep themes of paranoia and trust.
Conspiracy and Global Power: Discusses the insidious influence of a centuries old underground government and its control over modern politics.
The Android Rebellion: Focuses on the technological threat of androids integrated into the population, acting as a network controlled by a supercomputer.
Prophecy and Political Manipulation: Examines a dictator’s motivation to delay a global event for political gain, potentially fulfilling a prophecy.
A high stakes sequel that expands the world building into a vast conspiracy involving androids, a supercomputer (the Beast), and ancient government control.
Features returning favorite characters (Peter,Ali, and Marsh) in a race against time to expose a dangerous truth.
A deeply paranoid dystopian thriller where the lines between human and artificial are constantly blurred.
Explores a darker, more action oriented side of the Worlds Apart Series.
Fans of high concept science fiction sequels that escalate the initial conflict.
Readers who enjoy stories about synthetic life, androids, and existential threats (e.g., Blade Runner, Battlestar Galactica).
Anyone interested in political thrillers combined with dystopian action and conspiracy theories.
R. Morello writes psychological and surreal science fiction that explores grief, identity, memory, and the hidden emotional worlds people carry inside them. Shaped by New England roots, his work blends speculative concepts with deeply human storytelling.
R. Morello is a speculative fiction author whose work blends psychological tension, cinematic surrealism, and deeply human emotional arcs. His novels and novellas, including Upside Down, Fractured Echoes, and the Simulation trilogy, explore grief, identity, and the unseen internal worlds we rarely reveal.
His stories often feature “dual selves,” mirrored identities, looping realities, and emotional architectures made literal.
He writes for readers who want more than escapism stories that feel uncomfortably true, beautifully painful, and haunting long after the final page.
ISBN: 979-8288339110
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R. Morello
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