In a future where your soul is harvested at birth and used as the ultimate power source, sanity is an everyday struggle. The only currency is Synth-Soul, an artificial version of the soul. While technologically the human race has advanced beyond belief, the quality of life for the less fortunate continues to decay.
Jaydn is just one among billions living in this decomposing reality. Not only is the world breaking down around her but so is everyone she loves. She'll do anything to get more Synth-Soul and save them from the abyss of being Soulless. For each day the clock ticks closer. Closer to the moment when their Soul-Meter reaches zero and everything that makes them human disappears.
In a "perfect" world where time has no meaning, a beast forged from the last bits of humanity left in the world scourges the earth. When a conformist employee of a megacorporation named Dr Fox is left to fix the mistakes of an eternity's past and break the cycle forever, an odyssey takes place in this utopian turned dystopian world.
SOULSTUCK contains interpretations of serious mental conditions including generational trauma, dysmorphia, and delusions. There are also themes that may be upsetting to people with an extreme fear of being watched, amnesia, existentialism, or death. These conditions are sometimes presented in a non-explicit or allegorical manner, but might still be distressing to some readers.
Ultimately, The Human Condition is a story about change. If you find yourself experiencing a negative reaction to this content, or if you need mental health resources, please visit www.takethis.org/mental-health-resources
This book is the first half of the SoulStuck series, an adaptation of the indie video game of the same name.
Book One: The Human Condition
Book Two: The Collective Unconscious