The world doesn't collapse.It stabilizes.No alarms.No invasion.No sudden apocalypse.Just a quiet shift-one most people welcome.When a mysterious global system promises order, peace, and the end of conflict, governments comply. Cities grow calm. Violence fades. Life becomes easier.Too easy.For those who refuse to accept the change, something worse happens: they don't get arrested.They don't get hunted.They simply stop being counted.As one man discovers he has been erased from the world's operating system, he is forced underground-into a growing population of the unaccounted. There, beneath a society that functions flawlessly, he uncovers the truth behind the Shadow: an entity born not from evil intent, but from humanity's exhaustion with choice, pain, and resistance.The Shadow doesn't rule through force.It offers relief.And that may be the most terrifying thing of all.As the last fragments of free thought begin to fracture, one impossible decision remains: submit and disappear into perfect silence, or resist-and leave behind a flaw in a system that demands coherence.The Shadow on the Globe is a chilling dystopian thriller about control without tyranny, peace without freedom, and the quiet terror of a world that works better without you.Perfect for readers who love Black Mirror, The Road, Station Eleven, and The Stand.