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Tailia & Phoebe: Rogue

✍️ Thomas Soitel
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📚 WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT

A punk's mind splits while her partner seeks help from a hidden experimentalist.

The plot follows Phoebe as she navigates the aftermath of Tailia’s mental breakdown. She discovers a secret medical facility beneath an old amusement park. The owner there is an independent researcher who creates unimaginable beings. This setting provides a backdrop for exploring the nature of consciousness. The narrative does not offer easy answers about artificial life. It focuses on the personal cost of such scientific inquiries. Phoebe’s journey is driven by frustration and a lack of prior experience in leadership. She must step up despite her reluctance.

Key Themes
artificial creation mind fragmentation hidden medical complex
Literary Context

Published in 2025 by Independently Published, this work sits within the modern horror genre. It engages with gothic fiction traditions regarding isolated research and psychological decay. The narrative addresses contemporary questions about artificial intelligence and personhood through a supernatural lens.

Difficulty
●●● Challenging
Recommended For Fans Of
Mary Shelley · H.P. Lovecraft
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Horror Fiction
🏛 Independently Published 📅 2025 🌐 English 📔 Paperback ISBN: 9798291620557

📝 Description: Tailia & Phoebe: Rogue

Thomas Soitel’s Tailia & Phoebe: Rogue examines the boundary between artificial constructs and living beings. The narrative centers on Tailia, a punk character who suffers a mental fracture after an overwhelming mission. Her mind splits into numerous wild personalities that slowly consume her original self. Phoebe, usually the protected party, must reverse this dynamic for the first time. She feels little enthusiasm for this sudden responsibility. Phoebe’s search leads her to an abandoned amusement park where she finds a hidden underground medical complex. The facility is run by a peculiar and intelligent independent experimentalist. This man challenges the definition of life through his latest creation. The story explores themes of identity fragmentation and the ethics of artificial existence. It draws on gothic traditions of isolated research and psychological horror. This book suits readers interested in supernatural fiction and character-driven psychological drama. It may not be suitable for younger readers due to its mature themes. Soquel presents a narrative that questions what constitutes a living being through the lens of an artificial creation’s collapse.

💎 Our verdict on Tailia & Phoebe: Rogue

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Horror Reads editorial team
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Soquel crafts a tense examination of mental fracture and the ethics of creation, grounding cosmic horror in personal stakes. Phoebe’s reluctant ascent into leadership provides a fresh dynamic within the genre, moving away from passive victimhood toward active, albeit frustrated, agency. The setting of an underground medical complex beneath an amusement park effectively blends gothic isolation with modern unease. While the narrative avoids easy answers regarding artificial life, it succeeds in maintaining atmospheric dread through its focus on Tailia’s dissolving psyche. This book is best suited for mature readers who enjoy psychological depth and philosophical questions about existence woven into a supernatural plot.
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📖 Why choose it

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Why this book is worth reading

Readers interested in the intersection of identity fragmentation and ethical scientific inquiry will find this narrative compelling. It offers a deep dive into the personal costs of leadership and the burden of responsibility when traditional roles are inverted. Those who appreciate psychological horror that questions the nature of living beings through the lens of artificial constructs will gain much from its exploration of consciousness. The story provides a mature, introspective look at mental breakdown and the search for answers in unconventional places, appealing to those who prefer character-driven drama over simple scares.

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Soquel crafts a tense examination of mental fracture and the ethics of creation, grounding cosmic horror in personal stakes. Phoebe’s reluctant ascent into leadership provides a fresh dynamic within the genre, moving away from passive victimhood toward active, albeit frustrated, agency. The setting of an underground medical complex beneath an amusement park effectively blends gothic isolation with modern unease. While the narrative avoids easy answers regarding artificial life, it succeeds in maintaining atmospheric dread through its focus on Tailia’s dissolving psyche. This book is best suited for mature readers who enjoy psychological depth and philosophical questions about existence woven into a supernatural plot.

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