Near-future suspense

The Future Is Already Watching

Artificial intelligence. Technological control. Human choices that still matter.

Enter a gritty near-future world where power hides behind convenience and freedom depends on people willing to see what is coming.

Begin with the free Subscriber Edition of Managed Paranoia — Book One. Then continue through the complete trilogy.

Managed Paranoia Book One subscriber edition
The Managed Paranoia series

Three Books One Complete Story

The technology is close enough to recognize. The danger grows quietly. Across three completed novels, people are forced to decide what freedom, loyalty and conscience are worth as private power and public authority begin to merge.

Managed Paranoia Book One
Book One

Managed Paranoia

The system begins to close in.

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Managed Paranoia Book Two
Book Two

Managed Paranoia

The danger becomes impossible to contain.

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Managed Paranoia Book Three
Book Three

Managed Paranoia

Every alliance and sacrifice is tested.

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The Seventh Pawn
The prequel

Go Deeper With The Seventh Pawn

Read it before the trilogy, after the trilogy or entirely on its own. The Seventh Pawn opens another door into the world behind Managed Paranoia and carries its own complete story.

2024 Book Excellence Awards Finalist

The Seventh Pawn is one of the year’s best thrillers.”

— BestThrillers.com
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About Finlay Beach

Pressure Reveals Character

Finlay Beach writes near-future suspense about technology, power, faith and the people who must decide what they will protect when systems built for convenience begin demanding obedience.