The Mother That Waits

Paperback Published on: 11/01/2026
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Synopsis

The city is waking.
And it knows her name.

When cybersecurity expert Ella Voss begins experiencing impossible hallucinations tied to her pregnancy, she assumes stress is to blame-until Savannah With the help of her partner Julian and a fractured circle of technomancers, Ella uncovers a truth that blurs the line between salvation and possession: the entity beneath the city doesn't want to conquer humanity-it wants to become it.

But evolution always demands a price.

Blending psychological horror, speculative science, and dark mythology, The woman that waits.] is a chilling exploration of motherhood, identity, and what it means to remain human in a world that is learning how to think. itself starts responding to her thoughts.

Beneath the city's moss-draped streets, something ancient is stirring. An intelligence older than memory, woven through roots and code alike, has begun to awaken. And Ella-brilliant, guarded, and unknowingly altered-is the key to its return.

As reality fractures and technology turns strangely intimate, Ella must navigate a world where perception can no longer be trusted and motherhood becomes a battleground. With her partner Julian and a secretive council racing to contain what they barely understand, Ella faces a terrible truth:

The entity beneath Savannah doesn't want to destroy humanity.

It wants to be born.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Donald Wright
  • ISBN: 9781968674397
  • Number of pages: 410
  • Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 23 mm
  • Languages: English