A literary novel about what happens when coping keeps working until it doesn’t.

The Invisible Break follows several people who keep going within relationships, families, and institutions under strain.The novel builds suspense not through dramatic turns, but through repetition, observation, and physical presence.What begins as individual coping strategies gradually expands into a broader portrait of how fear, control, and silence repeat themselves on both personal and collective levels.
The city, the storm, and public space are not merely a backdrop, but reflections of the same underlying dynamics.The novel explores how people adapt in order to survive, and what happens when that adaptation is no longer sustainable.
Not explosively, but inevitably.

Some things hold longer than they should.

From the back cover

The Invisible Break is a psychological literary novel about people who keep functioning while something inside them begins to shift.Lucas runs a bar in New Orleans. He listens. He notices patterns. He senses when something is slightly off. Around him, others do the same in their own way. Malik keeps moving to outrun silence. Ethan disappears by staying unobtrusive. Lena fights to be heard in a world where silence feels dangerous.What connects them is not a single event, but a way of surviving that once worked and slowly begins to fracture.The tension in this novel does not come from plot twists, but from what becomes visible while everyone carries on. In bodies that hold stress. In relationships that offer brief relief but no resolution. In systems that promise safety, yet reveal their fragility the moment someone falters.As a storm approaches and passes through the city, personal patterns and collective structures begin to mirror one another.
Fear reaches for certainty.
Control masks vulnerability.
Silence feels safe, until it breaks.The Invisible Break is a slow-burning novel about the cost of staying upright. About how long that can last. And about what happens when the pressure can no longer remain unseen.