The Split
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Pub Date 26 Sep 2026 | Archive Date 30 Nov 2026
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Description
They're not gone. You're the one who disappeared.
One ordinary day, nearly half of humanity vanishes.
A teenager comes downstairs to find her family gone, their cars still in the garage. A boy finds the permission slip his mother finally signed, but no mother. A man returns to work and finds cold coffee, abandoned desks, and coworkers who were there only hours before.
Across the world, families, workplaces, and governments are split straight down the middle.
There are no bodies. No warning. And no explanation that makes sense.
Then the pattern begins to emerge.
The disappearances weren't random.
But the vanished aren't dead.
They're living in another version of the same world, grieving the very people who are grieving them, each side utterly certain the other is gone.
As the months pass, both worlds begin to rebuild. Families reshape themselves around impossible absences. Governments adapt. Children grow up. People fall in love, fall apart, and learn to live with questions no one can answer.
But some questions won't stay buried. On both sides, ordinary people keep circling the same impossible idea: whatever happened to them was not an accident, and somebody, somewhere, already knows why.
The Split is a character-driven speculative novel about two worlds divided by something no one understands, and the ordinary people trying to build lives inside the mystery.
A Note From the Publisher
Generative AI tools were used for brainstorming and research, editing and polishing, cover development, and portions of the text.
Marketing Plan
Digital release supported through Amazon, Goodreads, author website, and NetGalley reviewer outreach. Additional reader-review outreach will continue after publication.
Digital release supported through Amazon, Goodreads, author website, and NetGalley reviewer outreach. Additional reader-review outreach will continue after publication.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9664265547529 |
| PRICE | $5.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 190 |
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Featured Reviews
britney i, Reviewer
4.5 stars from me!
What a different type of story. I really enjoyed this short story about half the population just poof, gone, vanished! I am looking forward to more because this will be a series I believe so I’m very excited for the next book!
This kept me on the edge of my seat and interested the whole way through. I wasn’t ready for it to end. The concept of this book is so good!
Highly recommend. Thank you #NetGalley for the ARC to read and review.
Teri S, Reviewer
Very interesting short read! What I liked most about The Split was that it wasn't simply a story about people mysteriously vanishing. It's about two worlds mourning each other and trying to move forward, while questions about what actually happened keep lingering in the background. The human side of that premise was what kept me interested, and I thought it was a clever way to approach a familiar end-of-the-world idea.
Jaime W, Reviewer
The Split started a little slowly for me, particularly in the first chapter, but it didn’t take long for the story to pick up the pace and draw me in. Once it got going, I was captivated and found myself wanting to keep reading.
I really enjoyed the writing style. It never felt boring or like the story was simply filling time. Even when the pace slowed, it felt intentional, with details and events being carefully set up for the next stage of the story without taking away from the mystery.
The switching between perspectives could be a little confusing at times, and I occasionally had to pause to remind myself whose perspective I was following. However, this didn’t take away too much from my overall enjoyment.
Overall, this was an engaging mystery with deliberate, well-paced storytelling once it got going. A solid 4-star read for me.
Jessica H, Reviewer
The Split has a genuinely fascinating premise, and it is one that feels uncomfortably plausible. The idea alone kept me thinking about how quickly the people in my own life might divide if something like this happened—honestly, I can already tell that half of my family would end up on opposite sides, which is a terrifying thought.
The presentation felt a little disjointed at times, especially with the frequent one-sentence paragraphs. Still, that style also made the book incredibly easy to read, and I flew through it much faster than I expected.
My main disappointment was reaching the end and realizing I would not get all the answers in this installment. But that is also a testament to how invested I became in the story: I am already looking forward to the second book.
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