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Watching From Within
by Daniel Lamonte
What if your thoughts could hurt someone?
What if your memories could lie?
And what if the machines inside you began to think for you?
Jesse Baine was born with something no one should have. A hidden implant, embedded in his brain before he took his first breath. It was built to listen. To learn. To evolve.
For years, it stayed silent. Now it has awakened.
After a violent episode he cannot recall, Jesse wakes in a hospital. His vital signs are stable, but his mind is not. The implant is active. It is broadcasting patterns no one understands. The system is alive. And it is listening.
As Jesse unravels the truth, he is pulled into a collision of forces that stretch far beyond his control:
🏢 A biotech corporation with secrets buried beneath its success, desperate to protect the legacy of its founders
⚖️ A prosecutor who believes Jesse is the key to exposing a conspiracy that could change the definition of humanity
🔥 A violent anti-tech militia willing to kill to protect what they believe is a simpler, purer world
📂 A hidden file that holds evidence of memory manipulation and thought control, a file that powerful people would do anything to destroy
The more Jesse learns, the more he realizes the truth is not only hidden. It has been rewritten. What begins as a search for answers becomes a fight to stay human in a world where machines no longer serve. They decide.
And then there is Tori.
She does not want to fix him, control him, or use him. She wants to understand him. She sees through the code, the fear, and the noise. She sees Jesse. And what they share becomes the one thing the system cannot catalog or erase.
They made him evolve.
She made him dangerous.
📖 Watching From Within is a near-future science fiction thriller that explores surveillance, identity, and the battle to reclaim the self in a world where technology can see inside the mind.
Perfect for readers who love the intellectual tension of Black Mirror, the emotional gravity of Gattaca, and the high-stakes intensity of Altered Carbon.
Inside you will discover:
✅ A gripping, character-driven sci-fi mystery
✅ Real-world questions about AI, memory, and control
✅ High-concept technology grounded in emotional realism
✅ A love story tested by identity, secrecy, and transformation
Watching From Within blends relentless suspense with human connection, asking hard questions about privacy, thought, and autonomy. How much of yourself remains when every memory can be tracked, when every thought can be read, and when the systems around you evolve beyond your control?
If you enjoy science fiction that is as emotional as it is cerebral, where technology collides with morality, where corporate greed meets human fragility, and where love fights to survive against the most unlikely odds, this novel belongs on your shelf.
This is not just a thriller about the future of machines. It is about the future of being human.
Watching From Within is not only a novel. It is a warning. It is a vision of what may already be happening. Once your thoughts can be seen, what part of you is still your own?