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Driven

by Mason Coile

A locked-room nightmare on the open road

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A locked-room nightmare on the open road

Jamie Newcross seeks isolation in the Lion, a highly advanced self-driving car, but the vehicle becomes a sealed setting he cannot control. As it hurtles along a dark road and refuses to stop or release him, the story links its near-future premise to Jamie’s reported hauntings and buried past. The car’s autonomy gives the horror a technological edge, while the description also points to loneliness, grief, and questions about what makes us human. The setup brings together a trapped-passenger mystery and psychological horror without leaving the confines of a moving vehicle.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in psychological horror and locked-room mysteries.
  • For readers drawn to near-future fiction involving autonomous technology.
  • For readers interested in stories that explore loneliness, grief, and humanity.

Themes

Isolation and lonelinessGrief and buried pastsAutonomous technologyPsychological horror

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Book overview

A terrifying locked-room mystery from the author of Exiles and William--this time set in a cutting-edge autonomous car.

Jamie Newcross wants to disappear. His wife and baby girl have abandoned him, and his only wish is to retreat from society. Because, as it turns out, Jamie Newcross is also being haunted. Every house, condo, or apartment he moves into is plagued with ghosts--at the end of the bed or when pulling back the shower curtain. He hasn't been able to sleep in weeks.

But Jamie has a plan. He posts queries online and finds someone wanting to get rid of their Lion--the world's most advanced self-driving car--a sleek, private, contained vessel that is one-hundred percent safe. Or so he thought.

Because now, Jamie has woken up to the Lion speeding down a dark road, the hood is dented--wait, is that blood?--and the car will not respond, or stop, or let him out.

As the miles rack up and Jamie becomes increasingly complicit in his car's choices, he's forced to face the tragic past he has kept buried. Driven is a taut, near-future fever-dream. Mason Coile delivers another one-sitting read that blends science fiction and psychological horror to explore loneliness, grief, and the things that make us human.
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