How did Jack come to be someone he no longer recognizes, and what will he be willing to do to get back to who he once was?

Jack’s world: social districts, subcutaneous tech, and an AI assistant whispering sweet nothings in his head. Passion? Empathy? Optional.

Then there’s the book he found. 150 years old, reeking of myth and ruin. Its author, Aiden Saxe, dives the post-apocalyptic ocean floor for what has been lost.

Inspired by Aiden’s tale of betrayal and descent into madness, Jack’s life derails. He’s taking risks, his reality a fever dream of fractured thoughts and lost refuges. As unsettling connections between Jack and Aiden’s worlds emerge, Jack faces a once-in-a-lifetime shot at finding true meaning. Break Arcadia’s gilded chains, or burn its last remnants of freedom?

Two intertwining narratives separated by 150 years, Sandstone rewards careful reading in a mind-bending exploration of identity, technological dependence, and the quest for authentic existence in a world of illusions.

Freedom beckons in neon-lit shadows. But at what cost? Who’s really pulling the strings in this nation’s puppet show? And can Jack reconcile with the person he’s becoming?

Giacomo Kyle Hatanaka’s Sandstone – where the intricate narratives of David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas meets the dystopian edge of Black Mirror, with enough sardonic wit to rival David Sedaris.