Faultline: Part I - The Disconnect

A Serialized Political Thriller by Alex Vagus

What if a state didn't secede... it just stopped asking permission?

In the near future, the United States doesn't fall with a bang - it unravels in silence.

When the federal government weaponizes tariffs, law enforcement, and digital control to punish dissent, California pushes back. Quietly. Legally. Reluctantly.

But resistance evolves.

Through emergency alliances, encrypted broadcasts, and a growing coalition of sympathetic states, a new kind of governance takes shape - one that doesn't seek independence, but survival.

As the media fractures, the economy freezes, and the National Guard stands divided, four key figures must hold the line:

• A weary governor trapped between loyalty and leadership

• A colonel balancing duty and defiance

• A strategist with a codebase instead of a flag

• And a journalist who sees the fracture before anyone else will name it

This isn't a rebellion.
It's what comes after consent is revoked.

FAULTLINE: Part I includes the first two seasons of the serialized epic - a slow-burn political thriller that blurs the line between collapse and reinvention.
The Union didn't break.
It quietly disconnected.