Overview

Intimacy is a design problem. And I am the prototype.

Alex Chen is a broke UX designer staring down eviction in San Francisco. When she receives a mysterious late-night job offer from The Velvet Algorithm—an exclusive, invitation-only club that uses biometric data to engineer perfect intimacy—she thinks she’s found a lifeline.

Her bosses are the enigmatic Sage Nakamura and the ruthless, brilliant Dr. Vivienne Cross. They want Alex to redesign their interface. They want her to make surveillance feel like seduction.

But to design the system, Alex must enter it.

She becomes Subject 247. Wired with sensors, monitored by cameras, and subjected to sessions of calculated domination, Alex discovers a terrifying truth: she likes it. She becomes addicted to the precision of algorithmic desire, to the relief of being completely quantified and known.

But deep in the code, a darker function is running. The algorithm isn’t just matching partners; it’s calculating exactly how long a human being can be exploited before they break.

Now, Alex faces an impossible choice: Accept the millions offered to become a silent partner in the machinery of exploitation, or burn down the only place that has ever made her feel seen.

Coded in Silk is a dark, explicit Sapphic thriller about the intersection of technology, consent, and power. Perfect for fans of Black Mirror and high-heat psychological erotica.