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(Book One of the Contrivance series.) Near future America. A government lottery chooses one household from each state to participate in Contrivance each year. Those chosen are put into an elaborate, televised simulation of an apocalyptic scenario, until one household remains. But this isn't about them. This is barely about Contrivance at all.
The producers of Contrivance, the Devisers, live haunted by their annual creation and have no one but each other. Monsters? Or genius misfits looking for a challenge?
When Contrivance dissidents take the Devisers hostage, secrets come out amongst the tight knit group. The young Lead Deviser, Lavender, revisits her dark past as the former Lead Deviser's apprentice, all she did to get where she is. Her aging mentor, Malka, struggles in her role as a Deviser, her former apprentice's subordinate. As they face the fallout of their secrets revealed long after the hostage situation and interrogation, they push themselves further than ever to prepare for the worst case scenarios. But their power games have always been complex, and one can only play interrogator for so long before real questions come to light.
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- Part 1 of Contrivance
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After their capture, the Devisers settle in for a very long night.
Companion of the Contrivance series. Takes place during Book 1, Chapter 3.
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- Part 3 of Contrivance
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Our Secrets and Our Silence (It All Became So Violent) by HannahTheScribe
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27 Dec 2025
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In near future America, after the government discovers a human trafficking ring that considers itself a kinky secret society, the Lead Deviser offers four of the society's key members a unique bargain: spend a few months in Contrivance Headquarters doing some platonic experiential power dynamic education with her, in exchange for all related charges and threats being dropped, or face Contrivance—the Devisers' annual, televised death game—along with many of their friends. It's an easy choice, but there's still a lot to face when two worlds of secrets, power, pain, and love collide. They just might have more in common than they think.
Crossover AU set about a year after I'll Give You Book 3 and in the middle of Contrivance Book 1 (Chapters 8-31), in a world where those timelines have always aligned, featuring all major characters from both series and set primarily within Contrivance Headquarters—not intended to be read independently.