A novel by qntm that follows Marion Wheeler, head of the Antimemetics Division, as she battles entities with self-censoring properties that erase memories and prevent their own detection. The story explores how antimemetic threats can systematically destroy civilization by making people forget they ever existed, forcing defenders to fight enemies they can't remember encountering.
This work demonstrates how memetic influence operates at population scale, showing patterns of systematic memory manipulation that parallel concerning trends in modern information warfare. The concept of "antimemes" - ideas that actively resist propagation and detection - provides a framework for understanding how entire populations can be made to forget or ignore critical information. Government agencies worldwide are increasingly concerned about similar memetic manipulation techniques being deployed through social media platforms and information networks, where targeted amnesia campaigns could compromise national security or democratic processes.