Nathan Thomas
Iam a speculative fiction writer originally from Wisconsin, now based in California. My work explores the boundaries between human consciousness, institutional control, and how well-intentioned systems can evolve into mechanisms of manipulation. Drawing from my professional expertise as a business owner specializing in municipal regulatory compliance, my stories delve deeply into emotional complexity, philosophical inquiry, and narratives that resonate long after the final page.
ABOUT ME
Meet the Author
Nathan Thomas is a passionate storyteller and creative entrepreneur who studied at the University of La Verne. His writing examines how systems designed to support and nurture can sometimes inadvertently cause profound harm, bringing readers into worlds where identity, control, and resilience collide.
He is the author of The Quiet Revolution, a speculative novel set in a near-future dystopian New York City, exploring institutional control, resistance, and the unintended consequences of therapeutic interventions. Nathan has also written Cyber Veil, another speculative fiction work examining themes of consciousness and freedom.
When he's not writing, Nathan enjoys spending time with his family and building meaningful connections with readers.
” I write stories that ask what it means to be human—especially in a world trying to erase that answer.”
What Guides My Work
The principles behind every story I write
The principles behind every story I write are grounded in emotional honesty, critical reflection, and an unwavering belief in the strength and resilience of the human spirit. These values guide my creative approach and shape the themes I explore, from ethical tension to the delicate intersections of freedom and safety.
Depth Over Distraction
Integrity in Storytelling
Humanity at the Center
Read My Books
Cyber Veil
For seven years, he’s been the perfect weapon. Now his past is bleeding through.
In the regulated metropolis of New Avalon, neural dampeners keep millions in peaceful servitude—no chaos, no passion, no pain. Just productive calm under the watchful eye of the Regime.
Enforcer Cassian EC-7729 has spent years hunting those who dare to feel, crushing resistance movements with cold efficiency. Until a ghost from his erased past whispers forbidden words: “Your name is Eli Marston. And they stole everything from you.”
As his dampener fails and memories fracture through seven years of conditioning, Eli discovers the terrible truth: he was once a historian who uncovered the Regime’s darkest secrets. His sister leads the underground resistance. And buried in his fractured mind lies the code that could free—or destroy—an entire city.
But freedom comes at a price. With the system crumbling and a new project promising to eliminate human emotion forever, Eli must choose: Force millions to confront their suppressed trauma? Allow gradual change while countless remain trapped? Or let humanity evolve beyond feeling itself?
In a city where emotion is the enemy, one man’s awakening could shatter the perfect order—or save the very thing that makes us human.
CYBER VEIL: A provocative dystopian thriller about identity, control, and the radical act of choosing to feel.
THE QUIET REVOLUTION
What if the cure for dangerous thoughts was worse than the disease?
At Columbia University in 2045, wellness is paramount. Students are protected from intellectual distress through careful counseling. Professors calibrate their teaching to avoid triggering discomfort. Everyone agrees that safety matters more than outdated notions of academic freedom.
Everyone except Dr. Diane Smith.
When her brilliant niece Joan begins showing disturbing symptoms—she can no longer read philosophy without becoming physically ill—Diane makes a horrifying discovery. The university’s therapeutic programs aren’t just changing how students think. They’re literally destroying their capacity to think at all.
As Diane investigates the neurological damage hidden beneath Columbia’s culture of care, she uncovers decades of suppressed research and silenced whistleblowers. With the help of underground student networks and unlikely allies, she must decide: Is comfortable silence worth the slow death of the human mind?
But exposing the truth means risking everything—her career, her family’s safety, and her own sanity in a world where questioning has become a symptom and conformity the only cure.
THE QUIET REVOLUTION is a chilling vision of good intentions gone wrong, where the road to intellectual hell is paved with therapeutic interventions. In prose both clinical and devastating, this timely novel asks: What happens when we become so afraid of dangerous ideas that we forget thinking itself is dangerous?
“A brilliant exploration of how societies talk themselves into catastrophe one caring gesture at a time.”
Perfect for readers of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, and anyone who’s ever wondered if being comfortable is worth being less human.
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