When the World Goes Silent

The World Didn’t End with a Bang - It Ended with You Watching

When the first school shooting hits the news, journalist Cora Hayes thinks it’s just another tragedy in a world that never stops breaking. But then the attacks multiply — shootings, bombings, riots — and in the background of every disaster she begins to see the same thing: a tall, faceless figure watching from the shadows.

As cities fall and the world spirals into chaos, Cora’s job as a reporter becomes something darker. She is no longer just telling the story — she is living it, trapped in an escalating nightmare where she can’t tell what’s real and what’s her mind unraveling.

The figure doesn’t just haunt her. It guides her. Points her toward each fresh horror as if she were chosen to witness the end.

And when the sky burns and the world finally goes silent, Cora must face the truth: she isn’t here to stop what’s happening.

She’s here to see it.

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