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When five long-time friends gather for a weekend retreat at a secluded home in the woods, they anticipate laughter, drinks, and reconnection. However, an unexpected twist awaits them—an otherworldly intelligence crash-landed during a storm and has taken refuge inside their host, Dr. Ben Samuelson. 

As the weekend unfolds, strange visions and psychological disturbances begin to spread among the group, heightening paranoia, blurring memories, and unraveling trust. 

This sci-fi horror experience intensifies as the entity’s influence expands with each mind it touches, transforming what was meant to be a joyful reunion into a gripping psychological nightmare. The friends find themselves in a desperate fight for identity, survival, and control over reality itself, all while navigating the eerie presence that has infiltrated their circle.

Some doors should never be opened… especially the ones inside you.

The Red Circle is designed for adult readers who appreciate the chilling blend of psychological and sci-fi horror. This novel will resonate with fans of Stephen King, Paul Tremblay, and Jeff VanderMeer—those who relish slow-burn dread, character-driven suspense, and narratives where the true horror lurks within. 

The idea for The Red Circle came to me in a dream—a lightning strike carrying something metallic and otherworldly. That brief moment became the spark for the novel, and as the story unfolded, I found pieces of myself in each of the main characters.

5-Star Review

I  really enjoyed reading The Red Circle. From the beginning, the story  pulls you in with its atmosphere, and it keeps getting more intense as  it progresses.

The book is very interesting, and the way the  scenes are written makes it easy to visualize everything clearly — it  almost feels like watching the events unfold rather than just reading  them.

The formatting is clean and reader-friendly, which made the  experience smooth and immersive. What stood out most for me was how  each twist was handled. The twists feel purposeful and well-placed, not  forced, and they genuinely add depth to the story and characters. As the  plot develops, the psychological tension keeps building, making you  question what is real and what isn’t.

Overall, this is a  well-crafted book with strong visualization, engaging storytelling, and  effective twists. A good pick for readers who enjoy psychological  suspense with a thoughtful, eerie tone. I’m glad I picked it up. 

5-Star Review

 "The Red Circle" takes readers on a thrilling  descent into the unknown, where the line between truth and illusion is  blurred, and the bonds of friendship are tested to their limits. This  haunting novel explores the depths of human resilience and the extent to  which we can question our own sanity when faced with unimaginable  terror. 

5-Star Review

The  Red Circle is a chilling descent into paranoia and fractured identity.  Guy Raspatello masterfully blurs the line between reality and madness,  creating a tense, immersive experience that grips you until the final  page. Unsettling, thought-provoking, and impossible to put down.

5-Star Review

Unique  psychological horror that successfully combines science fiction with a  palpable sense of dread. The author quite effectively handles a varied  cast of believable friends and balances them against an original threat  you won't believe. 

In 2018, Dr. Marcus Adams unveiled Litholcyte, a breakthrough lithium-based drug capable of erasing fear and hardwiring obedience directly into the human mind. The world watched in horror as his vision collapsed in real time. Adams died before his creation could spread, but the damage was already done.

The world moved on.

The danger did not.

Lorelei Wagner helped bury the truth. Now a senior intelligence analyst with a past she never speaks about, she believes the nightmare is over until a new pharmaceutical company opens its doors in Philadelphia. Different name. Different face. The same words. The same promises.

This time, the man behind it is younger, smarter, and more careful.

As whispers of mind control resurface and history begins to repeat itself, Lorelei finds herself pulled back into a shadow war where the enemy does not need weapons, only belief. Where persuasion becomes power. Where fear is no longer a safeguard.

And where the city itself may be the first casualty.

Danger is when mind control is marketed as medicine and obedience spreads faster than panic. 

This Lethal City is written for adult readers who enjoy intelligent psychological and techno-thrillers grounded in near-future science. The novel will resonate with fans of Michael Crichton, Blake Crouch, and Daniel Suarez, as well as readers drawn to slow-burn tension, morally complex characters, and stories where the greatest threat is not chaos, but control. 

The idea for This Lethal City originated through music. It began as a concept album focused on atmosphere, tension, and quiet unease. As the themes behind the music developed, the world of the album began to feel larger than sound alone could contain. Transforming the project into a novel allowed those ideas to take on human form, exploring control, persuasion, and the fragile nature of free will within a living city shaped by unseen forces. 

Jordan and his best friend Andy vanish after a late-night drive ends in disaster deep in the woods. Andy is killed instantly. Jordan survives, injured, trapped, and alone, with little hope of rescue.

Then a stranger appears.

He knows things he should not. He speaks with cruel honesty and offers no comfort, yet he provides instructions that may be Jordan’s only chance at survival. The stranger comes and goes without explanation, sometimes helping, sometimes withholding, always watching.

As the days stretch on and Jordan’s strength fades, the line between reality and hallucination begins to blur. Is the stranger real, or a product of desperation? A guide, or something far more dangerous?

Rescue, when it comes, does not bring answers. Only questions.

Stranger Man is a psychological and supernatural novella about survival, fear, and the unsettling idea that help does not always arrive in forms we understand.

Danger is when mind control is marketed as medicine and obedience spreads faster than panic. 

Stranger Man is written for adult readers who enjoy quiet, unsettling psychological horror with subtle supernatural undertones. It will resonate with fans of early Stephen King, Paul Tremblay, and readers who appreciate survival stories where tension is driven by isolation, uncertainty, and the slow erosion of reality rather than overt violence. 

The inspiration for Stranger Man came after my father passed away. In the chaos that followed, I found myself wondering whether the people we lose truly leave us, or if they remain present in ways we cannot see or fully understand. That question, equal parts comforting and unsettling, became the emotional core of the story. This novella explores the idea that guidance and protection may persist beyond death, but not always in forms that feel familiar or reassuring.