Thriller: Home Invasion - Veiled Assault

Veiled Assault: Secrets echo in the silence, unraveling from within.

Story Dossier + Outline

Premise:

A single mother and her adult son endure a suburban home invasion where intruders hack the security from inside and prey on their grief over a lost family member, racing against dawn to exploit an invader's crisis of conscience for a shattering escape.

✨ Genre: Home Invasion Thriller

✨ Tropes/Themes: Dawn escape exposes lasting psychological damage, Intruders exploit emotional weaknesses of occupants, Home security system overridden from inside, Unexpected ally among invaders fractures control, Hidden family legacies as pressure points, Adrenaline-fueled chases within confines, Resilience born from despair, Long-term mental health repercussions.

✨ 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: High-stakes and visceral, with a pulse-pounding rhythm that explores the raw edges of human endurance. Plot-focused without romance, it delves into action-packed confrontations and the deep emotional voids left behind. The vibe edges on brutal realism, with themes of trauma that linger like open wounds.

✨ 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.