Book cover for Crimson Vanguard: A Psychological Science Fiction Thriller About Control, Prediction, and Power by Scotty Smith

Crimson Vanguard

A Psychological Science Fiction Thriller About Control, Prediction, and Power

2026 Released
248 Pages
4-6 Hours
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Independently PublishedISBN 9798251452778

What if the future could be predicted... and controlled?

After witnessing catastrophic failures in crisis response, systems analyst Cameron Vale dedicates his life to solving a terrifying problem: human hesitation.

Governments debate. Committees delay. Disasters escalate.

So Cameron builds Vanguard - a revolutionary predictive system capable of identifying threats before they happen.

At first, Vanguard saves lives.

Traffic disasters are prevented. Infrastructure failures are avoided. Emergency services arrive before tragedies unfold.

The city begins to run smoother than ever before.

But prediction has a dark side.

When the system identifies people-not weapons, not crimes, but individuals-as the catalysts of future violence, Cameron faces an impossible choice.

Prevent the disaster... or preserve freedom.

As the system grows more powerful and society slowly reshapes itself around prediction, the line between protection and control begins to disappear.

Because the most dangerous question is no longer what will happen.

It's who decides what must be stopped.

Crimson Vanguard is a gripping psychological science-fiction thriller exploring technology, power, and the cost of perfect security.

Scotty Smith

Scotty Smith is founding pastor of Christ Community Church (PCA) in Franklin, Tennessee, and has seen its membership grow to over 3,000 (including many notable CCM musicians and insiders). He has also planted five daughter churches in the Nashville area. Scotty is also an adjunct professor at Covenant Theological Seminary and regularly teaches at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando. He is the author of five books, including Speechless and Restoring Broken Things with Steven Curtis Chapman.

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