Alp Egan
The Survival Index
Nine billion people walked into the water.
One equation decided who survived.
A dystopian mystery about memory, grief, and the danger of letting algorithms decide whose lives matter.
14 August 2026
The Novel
"A novel about the people selected to survive —
and the lives edited out of the future."
Companion Archive
Enter the World
World files, science grounding, and the environmental aftermath — all spoiler-light.
WORLD FILE
The Hub Network
Explore→Twenty-two hubs. Four tiers. Each one a different answer to what the species owes its chosen remnant.
World File · Spoiler-light
TECHNICAL ARCHIVE
Foundational Briefs
Explore→Six declassified SIREN documents. Real research reframed as institutional records — and the application details the novel withholds.
Technical Archive · Clearance: Open
PROJECTION MODEL
Projection Model
Explore→The environmental forecast that justified everything. Generated before the Signal. Model accuracy: confirmed.
Technical Archive · ENV-2034-09
Coming 20 November 2026
The Unmeasured
Book Two of The Measured World.
The same weeks, from the other side of the wall. June Mercer, a retired journalist forty miles from anywhere, was too far out for the machine to measure — and she isn't the only one. Either book can be read first.
20 November 2026
Recent News
All NewsThe Survival Index is out now
Book One of The Measured World is published today, 14 August 2026, in ebook and paperback.
Nine billion people walked into the water. One equation decided who survived. Defne Ata wakes in a city that has been waiting for her, and on the terminal in her room there is a single line that tells her exactly what kind of machine she is living inside: Recommended sequence available.
The system has a preferred order for grief.
The Unmeasured — Book Two, 20 November 2026
Pre-order open. The same weeks as The Survival Index, from the other side of the wall. Either book can be read first.
Advance copies open to reviewers
Reviewers can request an advance copy of The Survival Index ahead of the 14 August release, through BookSirens or Booksprout.
About the Author
Alp Egan writes near-future fiction about the people systems forget to name.
The Survival Index opens The Measured World — an open series about the people systems forget to name.
About Alp Egan