The Red Thread Initiative

Chad Tillman’s life ends in a 2025 plane crash—only to restart in 1979, his fifty-year-old mind trapped in his three-year-old body. Armed with decades of future knowledge and a cryptic ledger of coming disasters, he refuses to be a passive survivor. The world is a rigged game, and Chad intends to rewrite the rules. From childhood, he covertly steers his family to build Fractal Systems, a sprawling empire of technology and infrastructure. He dominates the PC revolution, revives lost ancient materials, and infiltrates elite military circles—all to preempt tragedies like Waco and the War on Terror. His goal isn’t just salvation; it’s constructing a global immune system against chaos. But in 2025, Chad disappears. His three children uncover a hidden archive beneath their home, where an AI named JAY reveals their father’s fractured timeline. Now they must navigate the Silver Chord, decipher his labyrinthine legacy, and confront the unseen System that’s been watching all along. The real question isn’t whether they can finish Chad’s work—it’s whether the world can survive what he set in motion.