The Forgotten Passenger: A Glitch in the System

Seattle’s relentless drizzle and the hum of Winona’s electric car were the only constants in her solitary life as a rideshare driver. Until the forgotten items started appearing. A child’s teddy bear. A sleek briefcase. A blood-red silk scarf. Anomalies in her meticulously clean car. Then came the distorted faces in her backseat camera footage—passengers she never picked up, yet whose blurred features tugged at something buried deep within her memory.

Accused of thefts her car supposedly committed, Winona, a former criminal profiler, finds herself trapped in a nightmare. Someone is using her rideshare account, turning her electric vehicle into a phantom taxi. The app itself seems to be twisting her reality, guiding her down dark, unfamiliar streets to cryptic destinations. The passengers who materialize there are echoes of a past she can’t quite grasp, each face a fragmented piece of a childhood trauma she desperately tried to bury – a car accident that stole her parents and her memories.

Driven to clear her name, Winona plunges into a dizzying investigation, uncovering a conspiracy far more sinister than petty theft. The forgotten passengers, the stolen goods, the manipulated routes—they’re all connected to the accident, to a web of deceit spun by powerful figures who will stop at nothing to protect their secrets. With the help of a skeptical but increasingly intrigued detective, Winona must confront not only a ruthless enemy who controls her car but also the fragmented memories of a past that threatens to shatter her sanity.

As the lines between the digital and the real world blur, Winona realizes this isn’t just about clearing her name. It’s a fight for survival against an unseen force that’s manipulating her every move, a ghost in the machine that knows her better than she knows herself. The forgotten passenger isn’t just in her car; it’s a specter from her past, a manifestation of her buried guilt, and it’s coming for her.

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Release date

Ebook: 24 November 2024