The Department of Truth, Vol 1: The End of the World

Cole Turner is a forensic profiler recruited into a secret government agency tasked with maintaining the consensus version of history. In this universe, if enough people believe a lie, that lie manifests as physical reality. Lee Harvey Oswald leads the department, working to suppress tangible "tulpas" born from collective paranoia. Turner investigates high-stakes anomalies where fringe theories threaten to rewrite the past, including the flat earth theory, the faked moon landing, and the existence of cryptids that gain mass through online fervor.

Readers interested in the intersection of epistemology and modern folklore choose this book to examine how disinformation functions in a digital age. The narrative appeals to those who study ontological security and the social construction of reality. Readers finish the volume understanding a framework where objective truth is a fragile consensus requiring constant enforcement. It provides a cynical look at how political narratives are manufactured and the psychological cost of maintaining a single, sanctioned version of the world.