The Bucket Years

In a Britain sealed off by lies, time is no longer yours to keep. The Department of Extended Years - known to insiders as The Bucket Department - allows citizens to donate their remaining years to those deemed more deserving. Five extra years to finish a bucket list. A noble cause, wrapped in propaganda. When a journalist disappears without a trace - and no one will admit he ever existed - his best friend, Jonathan, begins to question everything. His search for answers drags him down a bureaucratic rabbit hole and far beyond the safety of his carefully ordered life. As Jonathan uncovers the truth behind the missing, the segregated society, and the government's quiet obsession with controlling who lives and who loves, he's forced to confront a brutal reality: nothing he believed was ever true. And in a world where time can be bought, stolen, or reassigned, Jonathan must learn fast - because his own survival may depend on it.