THE CUSTOMER 512

In "THE CUSTOMER 512," Miguel Ángel Luque Sánchez draws us into a dystopia where consciousness is the last act of rebellion. Carles, the protagonist, does not fight with weapons, but with questions. His awakening is slow, painful, and deeply human. The novel challenges not only logic, but also our perception of reality. With echoes of Philip K. Dick and an atmosphere reminiscent of Orwell, Luque Sánchez constructs a world where truth is a virus that the system wants to eradicate. It is a book that is not easily forgotten, because it forces us to look inward.

SYNOPSIS
In a society where freedom has been buried under the weight of an authoritarian regime, Carles wakes up every morning with the same cold sweat, dragged from a burning dream in which the northern lights become a huge blanket of fire that consumes his body. That dream, which seems to warn him of something deeper, marks the beginning of a crack in his apparent reality. Trapped in a suffocating routine, Carles begins to hear a voice in his head, as real as it is disturbing. This presence pushes him to question what he has always taken for granted, opening his eyes to a world that is disguised, manipulated, and carefully designed to keep him asleep. What follows is a descent into the unknown: impossible phenomena, surreal situations, and a countdown to the extinction of everything, including his own existence, because in this universe, where logic is twisted and reality is blurred, the truth may be the greatest of delusions.

PROLOGUE
We all take it for granted that our reality is genuine. However, what would happen if you realized that you live in a deception so real and overwhelming, manipulated as if you were a mere character in a vulgar and cruel video game? A false reality where hatred consumes you a little more every day. Whenever you try to ask yourself if what you are experiencing is real, when you begin to disagree, doubts and criticism arise. They label you crazy, because there are people who cannot see beyond their comfort zone. However, that supposed safe space is often an imaginary cage that, day by day, extinguishes your life until you wear yourself out and cease to exist. You always have to take a step further, try to find out the meaning of your own existence, because only then can you reach the truth. That same truth that the system wants to hide from you, because that way you will be more docile and manipulable, in a world that you don't even understand.