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Last published Fri, Jul 3, 2026
Ten years ago, Tristan Harris walked away from everything. The city. The job. The woman he loved. Now he lives alone on a forgotten farm at the edge of civilisation, convinced the past has finally lost his trail.
Then the phone rings.
A family tragedy drags him back into a conflict he thought he escaped long ago. As old allies reappear and dangerous enemies close in, Tristan discovers the truth he has spent a decade avoiding:
You can abandon your past. But your past never abandons you.
Estranged is a cyberpunk thriller about survival, connection, and what remains when the world demands you become someone else.
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