The Unscheduled Steps

About this book

In the climate-sealed megacity of Chronopolis, citizens are bound by neural implants that allocate exact minutes for every human action, from work to affection. Elara Voss, a twenty-five-year-old former elite Time Auditor, operates in the shadows beneath the clock towers to mentor a volatile cohort of young adults in the forbidden art of unscheduled movement. When the regime announces an imminent 'Total Synchronization Upgrade' designed to eliminate all neural drift and genuine emotion, Elara must rely on her promising but impulsive mentees: twenty-one-year-old quiet inventor Theo, who is building illicit signal jammers, and twenty-year-old fiery dancer Marisol. Facing brutal enforcer raids and the haunting, non-linear memories of her own awakening, Elara realizes that her rigid leadership is merely another form of control. To save her found family from full memory wipes and reassignment to the labor rims, she must surrender her role as guide and embrace vulnerability, culminating in a kinetic, city-wide rebellion in Chronometer Plaza that reclaims humanity's right to time, body, and voice.

Book details

Genres:

New Adult, Dystopian, Science Fiction

Language:

en

Published:

2026-06-26

Content rating:

PG-13