Brightside
Joe’s telepathy sends him to Brightside, a beautiful mountain town that is really a prison where every resident can hear the thoughts he cannot hide.
Across the nation, people who can read minds are being rounded up. Joe is one of them. His ability lands him in Brightside, a secluded mountain town advertised as a peaceful refuge and operated like a prison. The residents have homes, jobs, relationships, and no real privacy. Everyone around Joe can hear the thoughts he cannot control, while the people running Brightside watch for any sign of resistance. A new relationship offers a reason to hope, but hope is dangerous in a place designed to expose every secret. As Joe learns what Brightside truly is, he must decide how much of himself he can protect—and what freedom will cost. Mark Tullius’s psychological science-fiction thriller combines dystopian surveillance, emotional intimacy, and prison-town suspense in the opening novel of the Brightside Saga. In Brightside, the walls are not the only things keeping you trapped. Your own mind may do the rest.