About the Author
Cary Shackelford writes fiction and poetry. His debut novel, THE BRAIN APP, is set for publication in 2026.
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“Don’t let your brother’s dream die with him.”
These words compel Sebastian Collier, an aspiring musician, to travel to a remote island with a group of strangers selected to be Consciousness Pioneers. Before they arrive, they know only that they will test breakthrough brain apps for Cardinal, an AI tech company, at its secluded research and development campus.
Shared experiences bind them together on the island, yet danger grows with each bizarre activity, hallucination, blackout, and mysterious incident. But when they realize the technology is changing more than their minds, the real nightmare begins.
Each step Cardinal takes in their ambition to cure humanity’s greatest design flaw with the app Sebastian’s late brother created takes Sebastian further away from the life he wants, until he must face a horrifying fact—he and the others may never get off the island alive.
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