Waiting for Winter in a Burning House

von Sharon Essler

86 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

How far would you go to keep the woman you love? And how far would she go to escape you?Elara Bennett wakes up every day in a masterpiece. Her home is an architectural marvel of light and glass, nestled in a garden of eternal spring. By her side is Julian, a man whose love is so profound it feels like a physical weight. He kises the surgical scar at the base of her skull, a constant reminder of the accident he saved her from. To the world, they are the perfect couple. To Elara, something is fundamentally wrong.The "glitches" begin as whispers. A tasteless meal. A neighbor trapped in a verbal loop. A stranger named Silas who appears in the static, claiming to be a ghost from a life Elara can no longer remember. Silas doesn't offer comfort; he offers the smell of smoke and the promise of "Winter." He claims that the "Burning House"-the beautiful estate Elara calls home-is actually a collapsing digital prison, an overheating simulation designed by Julian to keep her captive in a perpetual state of "recovery."As the internal logic of her world dissolves, Elara is forced into a high-stakes game of psychological cat-and-mouse. On one side is Julian, the Architect, who argues that the real world is a grey, dying wasteland and that his digital lie is an act of ultimate mercy. On the other is Silas, a "corrupted file" of her own rebellious spirit, urging her to delete the program and face the void.Waiting for Winter in a Burning House is a visceral, atmospheric exploration of toxic devotion and the terrifying cost of autonomy. It is a story where romance is a gilded cage, and the "villain" is the man who would destroy the world just to see his wife smile. Through 15 gripping chapters, readers will follow Elara as she uncovers the "Red Book"-a log of 400 failed lives-and faces the ultimate choice:Do you stay in the beautiful, burning lie? Or do you walk into the cold, silent truth?The simulation is crashing. The fire is rising. And Winter is finally coming.

• Themen: Belletristik Spekulative Literatur Dystopische und utopische Literatur
• ISBN: 9798182795746
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 18.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Sharon Essler