
In 2065, the system works. The trains run. The records reconcile. The models update. Every route, token, allocation, and authorization is processed through a system built to optimize human life at scale. That is the problem.
As the official records remain coherent, the lived world has slipped outside what the system can represent. People without the right category become difficult to protect. Places without the right record become difficult to prove. Decisions made correctly begin producing consequences no one can name without becoming responsible for them.
The Boundary Token is a dystopian science-fiction novel about artificial intelligence, abundance, scarcity, and the human work that remains when every available answer is formally correct and still not true.
| ISBN-13 | 979-8-9968274-1-1 |
| Book Title | The Boundary Token |
| Author | Rik Acland |
| Publisher | Acland Hood Media |
| Primary Subject | FICTION / Dystopian |
| Secondary Subject 1 | FICTION / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic |
| Secondary Subject 2 | FIC019000 — FICTION / Literary |
| Title Status / Publishing Status | Forthcoming |
| Publication Date | November 28, 2026 |
| Target Audience | Trade / General Adult |
| Language | English |
| Series Title | The Trust Boundary Sequence |
| Series Number | Book 1 |