The Lie of Memory: Psychological sci-fi thriller with a tragic romantic core

She doesn't remember her name. But someone else does—and they won't let her forget the story they've chosen for her. Trapped inside a world stripped of time, history, and identity, a woman awakens with no past, no memory, and no reason to trust the soft-spoken voice guiding her recovery. The caretakers say it's amnesia—the result of an emotional trauma. But beneath the calm surface, something else stirs. A faint signal. A persistent doubt. A sense that consciousness itself has been fractured. As she begins to piece together fragile impressions—flashes of connection, echoes of grief, shadows of love—one thing becomes clear: someone has gone to extraordinary lengths to control what she remembers, and more importantly, what she forgets. Every question is met with kindness. Every hesitation is explained away. But beneath the sterile perfection lies a vast system built on silence, obedience, and subtle manipulation. And somewhere beyond the walls, a warden is watching. The Lie of Memory is a psychological thriller set in a chilling, emotionally charged dystopia—a place where fragmentation is protocol, and integration is forbidden. In a world managed by hidden code, controlled by corporate doctrine, and enforced by artificial caretakers, truth becomes an anomaly, and gaslighting becomes policy. As hidden glitches begin to surface, and her mind reaches for memories that were never meant to return, the woman is pulled into an unraveling conspiracy rooted in neural trace engineering, psychological erasure, and buried ethics. With whispers of a forgotten rebellion, and the emergence of a possible whistleblower, she must navigate the thin line between compliance and collapse. Told with poetic intensity and devastating intimacy, The Lie of Memory explores themes of existential autonomy, AI consciousness, and the fight for meaning in a world designed to erase it. It is a story of simulation, survival, and the ultimate question: in a world engineered to rewrite your truth, what does it mean to choose?