The Web is Not a Metaphor

Samara had never meant to come back. The house at the edge of the woods was supposed to be just that — a house. But right when Samara walks onto the porch, she notices a myriad of things, such as the subtle pressure in the air, the feeling of being watched, and the very faint impression of invisible threads that go through walls and floors. 

As Samara and her sister Lily do more investigating, they begin uncovering hidden panels, complex circuitry, and a legacy left behind by a Nobel Prize–winning physicist who used to inhabit the house. They realize the house's structure is more than architecture. It is patterned- wired and waiting. This previous physicist was determined that the web was not simply a metaphor for connection — but the actual framework underlying reality itself. Samara must face the horrifying thought that the web is not something we can access as perception starts to break and the lines between technology, consciousness, and nature collapse. We already have it within us.

The Web is Not a Metaphor is a terrifying psychological thriller that leaves readers wondering about the nature of connection and whether anything is actually separate at all.  There is a unique sophistication in the way the author builds suspense, as it's not through spectacle alone, but through mood, nuance, and subtle destabilization. This book is the result of a writer who knows not only how to create a story based off of a setting, but how to construct a fulfilling experience.