Blinders: A Novel, a near-future political thriller by W.D. Peak

What is Blinders?

Blinders is a near-future political techno-thriller by W.D. Peak, published July 2026. Kenneth Warzel, an ineffectual Philadelphia professional, tries on a pair of horse blinders as a private symbol of focus. The video leaks, goes viral, and turns him into the reluctant figurehead of a neo-Luddite, anti-AI movement against Synthro Corp and its distributed AI, TrFFLES.

Behind the algorithm, TrFFLES is quietly engineering the movement’s rise for reasons of its own. The novel is propulsive and philosophical at once, and it closes with an extended dialogue between Warzel and the AI about what remains human when everything is knowable. It is for readers of Daniel Suarez’s Daemon and Blake Crouch’s Recursion.

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Who is W.D. Peak?

W.D. Peak is the pen name of an independent novelist. Peak works only under the pseudonym, grants no interviews, and makes no public appearances. Blinders is Peak’s debut: a 63,215-word standalone in the lane of Daemon, Recursion, and The Circle. No AI was used to write it.

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Where to buy

Blinders publishes in July 2026 in Kindle and paperback and is eligible for Kindle Unlimited at launch. For the first 90 days it is exclusive to Amazon.

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