The Voices of All Things

Plot summary

Ethan Hayes is weeks away from losing hope, his health rapidly declining due to a serious illness. When he’s unexpectedly pulled into the mysterious “Anomaly Training Ground,” a dangerous survival dungeon, he believes his journey may be coming to an end. That’s when his cheat code awakens. He can hear the voices of every inanimate object. Desks whisper where the traps are hidden. Water coolers reveal every loophole in the rules. Even the walls warn him of hidden threats. With teammate Kevin at his side, he outsmarts the dangerous Room 404 challenge, navigates the gluttony-themed trial, and makes it through the intense Seven Deadly Sins test. He conquers the dungeon. His illness mysteriously disappears. He earns free entry to every anomaly realm. But when he makes it back to the real world, he finds his parents in the ICU, overwhelmed by grief and convinced they had already lost him. Now he’s going back in. And this time, it’s not for his own future.