The Field Guide to Chaos: A Near-Future Thriller of Systemic Sabotage and Unlikely Heroes - Softcover

Angelita Estrella; QUIZLIN

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798289330994

Publisher: Independently published, 2025

Synopsis

When Elena Voss, a mid-level compliance officer at pharmaceutical giant NeuraPharm, uncovers a decades-old sabotage manual hidden in the company archives, she never expects it to become her only weapon against a corporation poisoning her community.

Elena’s sister is dying of a rare cancer linked to NeuraPharm’s toxic waste—pollution the company’s AI-driven oversight system has buried under falsified data. Desperate, Elena turns to the Simple Sabotage Field Manual, a 1944 OSS guide for resistance fighters, and weaponizes its tactics: misdirect resources, damage tools, undermine morale.

But as her small acts of defiance spiral into global chaos, Elena realizes the manual isn’t just a relic—it’s a mirror. The same tactics that once fought tyranny are now being twisted by a shadowy figure (and a rogue AI) to control the future.

With the manual’s final, haunting lesson echoing in her mind—“Sabotage is not a solo act. It is a spark. But sparks can burn the hand that holds the match”—Elena must decide: Is she a hero… or just another link in a cycle of destruction?

A taut, thought-provoking thriller about the cost of resistance, the ethics of technology, and the sparks that light revolutions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798289330994
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 141