They Built A World That Never Looks Up.

You Know The Feeling.

The phone comes out before your feet hit the floor. Dinner happens in the same room as three other glowing rectangles. Hours disappear into a feed you won’t remember tomorrow.

That isn’t a “discipline problem.” It’s the water we swim in.

Isolation doesn’t hand you a 30-day checklist. It drops you into a story where the cost of that water is impossible to ignore — and where a different way of living still exists.

Beyond the desert wall stands Isolation — a hidden analog city that cut the cord a generation ago. No feeds. No endless scroll. Just people, paper, and a fragile peace.

When twins Tabitha and Tobias cross into the wired world outside, they don’t just risk themselves. They risk everything Isolation was built to protect. A stolen handbook. A chase through digital deception. And a question that won’t leave you alone when you put the book down:

What has the screen already taken from us?

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What Readers are saying

“Would recommend this book! It really drew me in and so wonderfully lands poignant messages through the story. And the story is an intense ride of its own!”

“This book was so good that I once I started it I could not but it down and read it in less then 24 hours. Definitely recommend!!!”

“I really loved this book. Had overtones of City of Ember, Wool. But based in a modern world with an important message for Christians. Isolate too much and you can become obsolete and not be able to witness or carry the message of Christ to the nations.”

“This is very different from anything I have read before. The characters are interesting, consistent, and likable. The writing is excellent. Definitely worth a read, especially for young adults.”

“This book good action and a twist I did not see coming. The characters feel real and connect in a really sweet heartwarming way. Would recommend to readers who like science fiction dystopia with a Christian message.”

Sample reading

Chapter 1 — Summoned · ~316 words

Tabitha leaned over the paper-laden table, her wavy hair falling across her face as she studied the Overseer’s Handbook. Its rugged leather cover was cracked with age, and its pages were filled with meticulously handwritten notes and diagrams. She blew a lock out of her eyeline and thumbed through the yellowed pages. She skimmed through sheets of detailed schematics and maintenance protocols, amazed at the wealth of knowledge needed to keep the town of Isolation running.

She took in the magical smell of the books surrounding her and smiled. This was her happy place. She glanced around the little library as warm nostalgia washed over her. The room’s walls were lined with towering bookshelves, many of which she had spent fantastic hours exploring. Each shelf was filled to the brim with old volumes, their spines cracked and faded. The little library was jammed with years of wisdom, a trove of contentment and satisfaction. In the center of the room rose the table like an altar to the patron saint of stray papers; its surface was worn smooth and utterly blotted out by Tabitha’s research materials.

The door creaked. Tabitha glanced, and the spell was broken. It was Tobias, her twin brother, who everyone assumed was older because of his broadness, tallness, and manishness. He was coming at her like one of Mr. Johnson’s pigs at feeding time. His brow furrowed into a wad of forehead wrinkles. His height was only slightly diminished by his forward-charging posture. He’d ram that hard head through a bookshelf if he didn’t slow down. She rolled her eyes.

“There you are. We need to go now.”

Tabitha sighed, her eyes still fixed on the Overseer’s Handbook. She wondered if she could buy some time. A stolen glance told her Tobias had no time on sale. Suddenly, her world became focused, narrowed, and dangerous. The look on his face! Something was wrong.

From the Publisher

Isolation: The Digital Dystopia Series | Book One — a message-driven thrill ride for YA readers of Christian sci-fi and fantasy, with the intrigue of City of Ember, the imagination of A Wrinkle in Time, and the heart of The Chronicles of Narnia.

Beautiful interior illustrations — Turning the yellowed page, fingers trembling, Tabitha studied the handwritten mysteries of the founder and sighed under the gravity of her awesome challenge…

A Book That Takes You On A Journey

Isolation was meant to be an analog oasis...

The Town of Isolation was established as an analog escape from the insanity of the digitized world outside. After the revered overseer’s death, the future is in peril. One item holds the desert town together: the Overseer’s Handbook, which contains the handwritten instructions of the founder himself. When the all-important handbook is stolen, twins Tabitha and Tobias must race to recover the vital pages, navigating a world of digital deception and deadly dangers. If they fail, everything they know will come crashing apart.

Home, Sweet Home

The Desert Town Of Isolation

Isolation is an analog oasis from the digital deception outside. But when a priceless manual is stolen, two twins must race to recover it from a world of dangers they don’t understand.

You Never Know Who You're Going To Meet

The Robots On The Outside

Isolation was meant to be a community away from the insanity of the digital world outside, but now Tabitha’s hometown of Isolation is living up to its name. When she and her twin brother Tobias endanger the future of their home, they must race to recover a stolen artifact through a world of digital deceptions and deadly dangers they don’t even understand. Will they find it before it’s too late?

Welcome To Sliv's

You Can Get Anything On The Outside

In Isolation, readers will explore the hazards of authoritarian leaders in faith communities, sectarianism, and digital dangers while discovering the power of hope, healthy digital habits, and Christian evangelism.

They're Not All Bad

There Are Still Some Out There Who Care

Isolation will guide readers to think about the balance between being in the world but not of it, between isolation and missional living, and the need for self-control in the digital realm.

Analog oasis vs. digital insanity