Thriller: Home Invasion - Shadow Breach

Shadow Breach: When the walls listen and the night demands surrender.

Story Dossier + Outline

Premise:

When a grieving widower and his estranged brother discover their rural farmhouse's smart security has been hijacked by invaders exploiting their family's buried secrets, they must outmaneuver the threats before dawn breaks and their fragile alliance shatters under escalating demands.

✨ Genre: Home Invasion Thriller

✨ Tropes/Themes: Home security system overridden from inside, Intruders exploit emotional weaknesses of occupants, Time pressure imposed through escalating threats, Victim feigns compliance to gather intelligence, Guilt from past traumas as leverage, Paranoia eroding trust in allies, Survival instincts clashing with moral dilemmas, Psychological scars lingering beyond escape.

✨ POV & Structure: 1st person past tense dual POV, alternating between protagonists, structured in a 5-act narrative arc building from setup to climax and resolution.

✨ Vibe: Dark and claustrophobic, with high psychological tension and visceral fear that delves into mental unraveling. The story maintains a relentless pace of dread without romantic elements, focusing on raw survival instincts and the haunting aftermath of trauma. Edges include graphic violence and emotional manipulation, leaving readers unsettled by the fragility of safety.

✨ Book Size: Novel (60,000-100,000 words)

✨ Chapter Count: 45 Chapters

✨ Word Count: target 1800-2200 per chapter

✨ Heat Level: No Romance (plot-focused, no romantic elements)

What you get:

✅ Complete Premise with core concepts and Narrative Physics Architecture

✅ Complete Story Dossier — including detailed characters, relationship arcs, locations and objects, world rules and histories, multiple subplots, and market researched genre and style guides.

✅ A detailed 45 chapter outline.