CALLS FROM THE DEAD

Based on Documented Cases That Defy Explanation

Editorial Review

Calls from the Dead delivers quiet, devastating horror rooted in loss, unanswered voices, and irreversible human choices. Ted Lazaris builds relentless dread without explanations or mercy, proving the most terrifying calls are the ones we answer—and can never escape

The calls start quietly.
A phone ringing when no one should be alive to answer.
A voicemail filled with static.
A warning that comes too late.

When a series of unexplained phone calls begin reaching the living—from victims already confirmed dead—investigative analyst Marrow Haines and systems engineer Rena Calder are pulled into a mystery that defies technology, logic, and grief.

As the calls escalate, cities respond the only way they know how: by silencing them.

Phones stop ringing. Alerts disappear. Silence becomes safety.

But when calm replaces chaos, something far worse takes hold.

What begins as a terrifying anomaly becomes a system—one that learns, adapts, and quietly teaches humanity how to stop asking for help. As people trade uncertainty for stability, the cost becomes clear: not everyone is meant to survive optimization.

Based on documented but unexplained cases, Calls From the Dead is a chilling, plausible horror novel about technology, trust, and the moment when safety becomes obedience.

This is not a ghost story.
This is what happens when silence wins.