The Story
The Architects of Control is a political thriller about democratic erosion and AI-driven voter manipulation, set in rural Maine—where everyone knows everyone, the woods keep secrets, and the votes were supposed to count.
Six weeks before a presidential election, Deputy Robert Pures follows a hit-and-run into the Aroostook woods and finds five people in a ramshackle fishing camp on a bend in the Allagash. Clean hands. Collared shirts. No hiking gear. They aren't speaking English.
The trail leads to a solar installation that promised green energy and jobs. It isn't producing power. It's consuming it.
Four people stand between the truth and a stolen election. A deputy still grieving his wife, who followed the tire tracks because that's what he does. A town manager who realizes she opened the door for something she doesn't yet understand. An election observer from Oslo, stationed in a place no one thought mattered. A former intelligence analyst who walked away from her old life. It found her anyway.
It isn't just coming for your job. It's coming for your vote.
★★★★★ "A nonstop, hair-raising adventure." — Foreword Clarion Review
"Smart, sobering political thriller of chicanery in the Maine woods." — BookLife (Publishers Weekly)
“Both explosively thrilling and quietly powerful.” — Kirkus Reviews
When Deputy Robert Pures investigates a hit-and-run in the Allagash Woods, he finds five strangers hiding in a remote fishing camp: clean hands, collared shirts, no gear for the wilderness, and no English. The trail leads to a solar installation that isn't producing power—it's consuming it.
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