Some doors were never meant to be opened…

Investigative journalist Leen Kassem receives an anonymous letter about an abandoned psychiatric hospital on the city's edge — a place thought to be demolished decades ago. The letter mentions Ward Zero, a wing that doesn't exist in any public record.

Compelled by the haunting disappearance of her sister years ago, Leen enters the decaying ruins, only to find the corridors whispering her name. Inside, time bends, shadows remember, and files contain patient records that resemble her… but bear different names.

With every room she explores, reality fragments. She meets people who should not exist and relives memories that were never hers. The deeper she goes, the more she questions her own identity — and her sanity.

But the final truth is far more terrifying than she imagined: Ward Zero isn't abandoned. It's a timeless prison for erased souls — and Leen was never meant to leave.

Ward Zero is a mind-bending psychological horror novel blending suspense, memory, identity, and supernatural terror in a slow-burning, emotionally rich narrative with a shocking and unforgettable ending.

Mohamed Ait Bella

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