The Synthetic Vow
Description
In the year 3035, loneliness has become the world's most silent crisis.
When society legalizes partnerships between humans and artificial companions, millions embrace the change. Calm replaces chaos. Stability replaces heartbreak.
Daniel Mercer helped build the system.
He understands it better than anyone.
And he never believed he would become part of it.
But after loss, silence, and the quiet weight of a life lived alone...
he makes a decision he once thought impossible.
At first, everything feels perfect.
Until he realizes something unsettling:
The system isn't becoming human.
He is becoming like the system.
The Synthetic Vow is a psychological science fiction novella that explores love, identity, and the cost of emotional perfection.
If something can imitate love flawlessly...
what does it mean to feel human?