HiddenPearl

[WSA 2025 ENTRY]
Hundred contestants.Hundred days. A single rule……survive.

Every year, people vanish.
Some are criminals.
Some are poor and desperate.
The chosen are gone, traded away like a currency and never seen again..
They are taken to the Recall Trials: a live-streamed, underground competition watched only by the elites.

In a fractured future where society is divided into sectors ,walled cities built on wealth: Sector A (elite) to Sector D (the swamps). The elite live in technological luxury, while the outer sectors rot in poverty, crime, and sickness. 
To control the masses, a secretive elite group known as The Aetherions created a deadly underground reality game called The Recall Trials.
The prize?
Fortune and a place among the elites.
The cost? Everything else.

Players are forced to survive by solving deadly puzzles, facing brutal betrayals and sometimes, finding forbidden romance, all while knowing death could come at any second.

When Vincent Aston, heir to one of the richest families in Sector A loses everything, he falls into a world he was never meant to see, a world that wasn’t made for people like him. A world where memories kill, and even money can’t buy his way out..
Will the golden boy of the elite beat the system or will the game be rigged from the start?

In the Recall Trials, the greatest enemy isn't death…. it's the truth.There are no heroes.
Only survivors.

“When the countdown begins,all that matters is who survives the bloodshed.”

Spoiler Alert! The main character’s flaws consume him, and will eventually turn to the dark side. Nobody’s perfect, and he’s no exception.


Get ready for the Recall Trials!  Music and epic promo video dropping soon!

The Recall Trials

Vincent's POV

"Come with me, Vincent. Come home."

I stared at him, chest heaving, sweat dripping down my back despite the chill.

My voice came out hoarse. "Home? You think I still have a home after what you did?"

He sighed like he was disappointed in me. "Son… sometimes you have to make choices that people don't understand. I did what I had to do. And so will you."

I clenched my jaw so hard my teeth hurt. "The only choice I'm making is getting Zaara and Nomi out of here alive. I'm not abandoning them."

His eyes narrowed. "And what happens when you can't save them? When this place chews you up like it did me?"

The Ghost I Won’t Follow