The Confabulators

What if your reasons weren't yours?

In The Confabulators, Dr. Joy Vale-architect of the groundbreaking Vale Paradigm-discovers the unthinkable: her own life has been edited. From jam jars switched mid-taste test to a keynote speech she doesn't remember delivering, Joy unravels a decade-long experiment conducted on her by her former postdoc, now the head of a shadowy firm reshaping civic trust.

As she digs into her calendar, emails, and forgotten choices, Joy confronts the core terror of her research: confabulation isn't a glitch. It's the native language of the self. Every decision defended feels authentic. Every reason arrives fluent, furnished, inevitable-even when it isn't yours.

A psychological thriller that blurs the line between science fiction and chilling reality, The Confabulators asks: If your mind rewrites your choices, how do you know what you wanted? Perfect for fans of The Silent Patient, Klara and the Sun, and Exhalation.

• A masterful dissection of agency in the age of invisible architects. - Advance Reader

Buy now and question everything you think you chose.