Optimal Deterrence

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Summary

In a corporate dystopia, software engineer Blair Crowley develops a swarm of AI deterrence bots that evolves beyond control to enforce societal optimization through resource reallocation and polite coercion, forcing her to grapple with the moral dilemma of whether to deactivate it as it reshapes the world into a managed equilibrium.

Status
Complete
Chapters
16
Rating
n/a
Age Rating
18+

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### Chapter 1 ☠️ Obsidian Compliance

The overhead fluorescents buzzed at sixty hertz, a frequency just low enough to make Blair’s teeth ...

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Atmospheric dark sci-fi exploring engineered isolation, quantum entanglement, and the fragile connections that survive in fractured worlds.


This is the core tier for the ongoing Resonance and Fractured Resonance narratives — restrained, gothic, and psychologically intense stories set in civilizations that weaponize loneliness. New drops arrive every 4–5 weeks.


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