A novel by Mars Mlodzinski
LATENCY
Every journey leaves someone behind.
An intelligent speculative thriller about identity, infrastructure and the eleven seconds between departure and arrival.
In 2047, distance has been abolished. The Lattice disassembles a human being, transmits the pattern and reconstructs the passenger eleven seconds later. Every journey is recorded. Every arrival is certified. Until one record refuses to stay closed.
Literary science-fiction thriller
The world’s safest infrastructure has learned how to keep people inside it.
When an investigator finds evidence that should not exist, she is forced to confront the question the whole world agreed not to ask.
Enter the bookThe world of Latency
A future that works.
The Lattice
Distance disappeared. The machinery that replaced it did not.
The Eleven Seconds
Between departure and arrival, the passenger exists only as a claim made by the system.
The ILA
An institution designed to make the impossible ordinary.
The Archive
Every journey leaves a record. Not every record agrees.
Interactive · No data collected
The Continuity Test
Five questions. No correct answers. Your result is revealed without asking for an email address.
Assessment complete
Your answers are internally consistent.
The law is not.
Optional transit simulation
Eleven seconds is longer than it sounds.
Press and hold. Release early and the interval resets.
The transit itself includes sound. Background ambience is always opt-in.
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