THIRTY DAYS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
Thirty Days of Schizophrenia
Once celebrated as one of the brightest legal minds in the city, Ceaser Grey awakens from three lost years with nothing but fragments of memory and a diagnosis that has shattered his life. Estranged from his fiancée Elizabeth Kylie and their young son, Ceaser struggles to piece together what is real and what was imagined in the shadow of his illness.
But his first day of freedom spirals into chaos when he witnesses a murder inside an empty cinema, a violent encounter that defies all logic. When no evidence of the crime can be found, Ceaser becomes the prime suspect in a case that draws the attention of his former lover, Detective Elizabeth Kylie, newly reinstated after a long and secretive leave.
As Ceaser’s grasp on reality begins to fracture, visions and voices haunt his nights, whispering of powers that dwell behind the fabric of the world. The investigation takes a darker turn when Elizabeth discovers that the forces manipulating the case reach far beyond the police, deep into a hidden society of influence and ancient bloodlines, one led by a man who shares Ceaser’s face.
Each day draws Ceaser further into a web of deception, faith, and madness.
Each night brings him closer to the truth about the world behind the veil.
And somewhere between sanity and revelation, the fragile and the infernal will meet.
Beckham_Ndlovu · Fantasy
It would be a better story if it did not belittle autistic people, pretend schizophrenia is as silly and as simple as cross-dressing, and if it did not paint cross-dressing as something worth being violently angry over. The author insists that having multiple personalities is a facet of schizophrenia, and it is absolutely false and a harmful narrative. Having multiple personalities is often a result of trauma and childhood abuse, and is something that a doctor must diagnose after meeting with the child. It is not schizophrenia. Schizophrenia causes hallucinations and violent actions and suicidal thoughts. Cross-dressing is not violent, nor is it a result of hallucinations or suicidal thoughts. Schizophrenia causes anger and irritability and causes those suffering from symptoms to withdraw entirely from society. It is often diagnosed at age 20 and typically occurs as a result of prolonged drug usage, brain injury or through an inherited genetic marker being activated, in which case one or both parents would have also been schizophrenic and possibly presenting symptoms.