The Blank Book
What happens when originality is tested—and exposed?
A radical publisher announces an unprecedented experiment: a 1200-page book, blank except for chapter titles, to be written by twelve celebrated fiction authors working in complete isolation. No collaboration. No influence. One year. One promise.
When the chapters finally arrive, the manuscript appears to succeed—until two chapters are discovered to be identical. Not similar. Identical.
As editors investigate quietly and authors deny politely, the book reveals an uncomfortable truth about authorship, prestige, and invisible labor. Behind celebrated names lies a question no one wants to ask: Who really writes the books we admire?
The Blank Book Launch is a restrained, unsettling literary novel about originality, silence, and the unseen hands that shape modern literature—ending not with revelation, but with dignity.