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In the megacity of Neo-Geneva, the Social Clock Act regulates when citizens eat, sleep, and work. Metabolism is monitored. Night eating is a crime. Biological rhythms are enforced by the state in the name of public health.
Dr. Elara Vance works the midnight shift at the city morgue. When the son of the powerful Chrono-Corp empire dies mysteriously at 3:14 AM, the case should be impossible. According to his data profile, he was perfectly synchronized with the system.
But the body tells another story.
As Elara uncovers a black-market substance known as Midnight Manna, she begins to unravel a conspiracy that reveals the darker truth behind the Social Clock: control of time means control of humanity itself.
What follows is a struggle between biology and technology, between corporate power and human evolution, and between the artificial rhythms of civilization and the ancient clock of the sun.
The Social Clock is a speculative science-fiction novella exploring chronobiology, metabolic control, and the price of surrendering human autonomy to algorithmic governance.
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About the author
Pavel Tablas is a writer of speculative fiction, geopolitical thrillers, and philosophical essays exploring the intersection of technology, biology, and power. His work often examines how economic systems, scientific discoveries, and political structures shape the future of human civilization.
Drawing inspiration from real scientific research, global finance, and emerging technologies, Tablas creates stories that blur the boundary between fiction and plausible future history. His novels frequently explore themes such as chronobiology, metabolic control, artificial intelligence, geopolitical conflict, and the long-term evolution of human societies.
Beyond fiction, he advocates the concept of pandenizenship—the idea that humanity should move beyond rigid national identities toward a planetary civic consciousness rooted in shared responsibility for the Earth.
Tablas is the author of several works of speculative fiction including The Social Clock, a dystopian novella about a society governed by biological time.
