The Stolen Stream — $19.99 Bundle
The Stolen Stream
Ebook + Audiobook + 19-Track Original Soundtrack
$19.99
One price. Three formats. Infinite universe.
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One Universe. Three Ways In.
📖 The Ebook
Industrial sci-fi horror where time has replaced money. The Eschendorf family controls the Stream — the network that extracts, trades, and distributes human lifespan. Kai Eschendorf, heir to the empire, refuses to participate. But the Stream doesn't let anyone walk away.
Every jump costs someone everything. Every second on the market has a body attached to it. And the machinery that extracts time doesn't care who's on the table.
437 years of accumulated debt — passed down through generations
19 original tracks — one for every major story beat
3 formats — read it, listen to it, or let the music pull you under
🎧 The Audiobook
Professional narration that pulls you into the frozen light singularity. Immerse yourself in the world where every second is a commodity and the richest families have been stealing time for four centuries.
🎵 The Soundtrack — 19 Original Tracks
Dark synthwave. Industrial ambient. Cinematic orchestral. Each track corresponds to a character, location, or pivotal moment in the novel. The music is the world — composed to be experienced alongside the story.
The Eschendorf legacy laid bare — Julian's rise, the Stream's origin, and the first drop of extracted time. Haunting orchestral with industrial undertones.
The mathematics of theft. Cold synths map the extraction rates, the compound interest of stolen seconds. A banker's anthem for the end of money.
The Snap-Back hits. Temporal infrastructure collapses. Four centuries of stolen time floods back simultaneously. Chaotic percussion over a dying heartbeat.
Kai's first encounter with the physical toll. A clock shadow that shows every era at once. Minimal piano against expanding drone.
Terminal-core. Kai hacks the Archive, tunneling through Selene's ledgers, Iris's shell accounts, Julian's algorithms. Glitch beats and data-stream synths.
The Archive — time made solid. Kai walks through crystallized memories. Each touch reveals a stolen life. Cathedral-scale ambient.
The resistance. Messages passed through walls, whispered across centuries. Selene's network. Warm strings fighting against cold static.
The frozen light singularity. Kai at the edge of the paradox. Time stops watching. Cinematic orchestral with choral elements.
What remains when the Stream is broken. Bodies that aged 400 years in seconds. A funeral march for the un-extracted.
The Distributed Toll in operation — invisible extraction, premature aging, a 23Hz drone felt in molars. Industrial body horror as sound.
Life in the quarantined zone. Generations born into temporal instability. Building facades flickering between centuries. Dark ambient with folk undertones.
The morning after. The flickering stops. For the first time in four centuries, the Scar Zone is just a place. Melancholic resolution.
115 biological. 437 chronological. Kai's Synchronizer shows the real number for the first time. His young hand trembles. Minimalist electronic.
The market floor. Rates flash across screens. A second extracted in Prague sells for a premium in Shanghai. Techno-industrial.
What the Stream leaves behind. Bodies that remember extraction even when minds don't. Scar tissue in the fourth dimension.
The cost of walking away. Kai's final confrontation with what he's lost — and what he's about to lose. Piano and strings.
Julian alone in his Spire. His Toll Ring pulses violet. His face shows nothing at all — the Distributed Toll's ultimate cost. Cold synth portrait.
The Eschendorf funeral rites. Processions through vaults of extracted time. The family's dead march to industrial percussion.
The epilogue. The Stream is broken. Time flows freely. But free time has its own consequences. Bittersweet orchestral finale.
What Early Readers Are Saying
"The most original sci-fi concept I've read in years. Time as currency isn't new — but this takes it somewhere genuinely terrifying. The industrial horror elements are unlike anything in the genre."
— Early Reader
"Kai Eschendorf is the kind of protagonist sci-fi has been missing. 28 years old with 437-year-old eyes. The weight of every chapter lands differently when you understand what the Distributed Toll actually does to people."
— Beta Reader
"The worldbuilding is relentless. Every page adds another layer to the horror of the Stream — and you can't look away. The soundtrack makes it even more immersive. Read it with the music on."
— Advance Copy Reader
FAQs
What formats do I get?
EPUB and PDF for the ebook. MP3 for the audiobook. MP3/FLAC for the soundtrack. All DRM-free — your files, forever.
How does the soundtrack connect to the book?
Each of the 19 tracks corresponds to a specific character, location, or story beat. The recommended experience: read a chapter, then listen to its track. Or let the full album play while you read.
Is there a physical edition?
Not yet — but join The Ledger newsletter for updates on paperback and hardcover releases.
What if I don't like it?
30-day money-back guarantee. If the bundle doesn't deliver, you get your money back. No questions, no hassle.
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Get the Bundle — $19.99 →From the Author
The Stolen Stream started with a question: what if time replaced money, and the richest families had been harvesting it from the poor for four centuries? What you're buying isn't just a novel — it's a universe. The ebook, the audiobook, and the 19-track soundtrack were built together, designed to be experienced together. I hope you dive in.
— Derek
