She's always been afraid. But what if this time...she's right to be?On the surface, Alicia Brooks is a successful professional in Chicago, balancing a demanding job and life with her long-term boyfriend, Jack. But deep inside, she has spent years battling her fears - constant, intrusive anxieties that turn even the smallest thoughts into potential threats. A suspicious office worker, a stranger's gaze, the secrets hiding inside an overgrown bush - everything feeds into her unease.One night, while home alone, a masked figure appears in her house, knife in hand. Alicia escapes - barely - but at what cost?The Silent Walker, as she names him, begins to haunt her waking hours. Is he a serial killer? A stranger with a vendetta? Or something far more unsettling?Alicia must make a choice: endless horror...or a horrible end?A taut psychological thriller that walks the edge between paranoia and truth, Then I Choose a Horrible End is a chilling descent into the mind of someone who sees danger everywhere - and might finally be right.