The Memory War is a dystopian sci-fi novel that asks: what happens when the threat isn’t just the system, but the version of yourself the system made you forget?

Lucian was meant to forget. In Vaelor, a city built on order, silence, and systemic compliance, he’s a model citizen. A cog. A blank slate. But when a system malfunction unearths memories that were never supposed to resurface, Lucian begins to fracture under the weight of what he’s been forced to erase.

Glimpses of a man he should know. A name he never asked for.

At the heart of that fracture is Cassiel, a social companion whose presence feels too familiar. Their connection is immediate, haunting, and unmistakably intimate. In secret, they share a physical language of knowing. A bond that’s forbidden. A history Lucian can’t remember but feels down to the bone.

But what is love, if not a series of shared memories?

Above the sterile city of Vaelor hangs Aurumn, a glittering halo in the sky, seductive and luxurious and rotting from the inside. As Lucian uncovers the truth behind his past and the system that erased it, he begins to chase the only memories that ever felt real: Elyan. Ezra.

The Memory War is a queer, psychologically charged meditation on memory, control, and resistance from within. Perfect for readers who crave slow-burning intensity, fractured identity, and characters who don’t just break the rules, they remember why they mattered.