Kill Switch: Every Smart Device Has a Secret Command

Nolan Vale is a reclusive hacker obsessed with exposing the invisible machinery behind smart-home surveillance. When he stumbles upon a forgotten company's encrypted "K-Switch Protocol," he believes he's uncovered the holy grail of digital subversion-a hidden command capable of erasing online identities at the source.

But as Nolan begins testing the system, something strange happens: not only do the targets vanish from the cloud, but the world around him begins to forget they ever existed. Soon, it's not just usernames and devices being scrubbed-memories, relationships, even physical traces start to dissolve. The deeper Nolan digs, the more inconsistencies he notices in his own life, his logs, and his reflection in the monitor.

Haunted by the disappearance of a woman who might never have existed and hunted by a system that shouldn't be active, Nolan is forced into a hall of digital mirrors where nothing can be trusted-not even himself. The line between the hacker and the hacked blurs as he realizes he's not uncovering a conspiracy... he's a part of it.

In a story where memory is malleable and identity is programmable, who's really in control-and how do you escape a system designed to reboot you?

How do you know what's real when reality comes with a kill switch?