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The Perfect Life is a Perfect Lie.

Jonathan Anderson is the pride of New Athens. A third-generation resident, he married his high-school sweetheart, lives in his family's ancestral Victorian, and shapes young minds at the same high school he once graduated from. To his neighbors, he is a pillar of the community. To his children, Leo and Charlie, he is a steady hand.

But foundations built on tradition are the easiest to crack.

In the span of seven days, the golden boy of New Athens is stripped of everything. A single week transforms a beloved English teacher into a local pariah, turning the town he loves into a cage of whispers and judgment. As his "blessed" life shatters, Jonathan is forced to face a troubling reality: when the world decides you are the villain, the only place left to go is down.

Follow Jonathan's harrowing descent into the dark corners of the mind in this gripping exploration of legacy, loss, and the thin line between sanity and ruin.

Nothing gold can stay.

Available

October 5, 2026