Escape The Clock

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Killswitch

A Novel by Daniel C. Rodgers

In 2047, an artificial superintelligence called Pantheon runs the world, and a killswitch exists that can end it.

Pantheon just chose the one person allowed to pull it: a mid-level engineer who helped build its cage.

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Were it up to you... what would you do?

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Escape The Clock 2025 American Writing Best Book Winner

Best Science-Fiction

PenCraft 1st Place Winner

Best New Book

Escape The Clock Winner of a Literary Titan Award!

Best Book of 2026

"A substantial, idea-driven thriller about delegated judgment and the seductive efficiency of surrendering difficult decisions to something that promises better answers."
Literary Titan5 stars
"Its strongest achievement is making the central choice genuinely uncomfortable."
Literary Titan
"Pantheon is the book's most compelling creation… persuasive precisely because its reasoning often begins from recognizable moral goals."
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