Some companies don’t fail by accident. They fail by design.
Built to Collapse is a literary business novel about what happens inside organizations designed for unlimited growth—and the people who realize too late that the system is working exactly as intended.
Lucas Hale is a trusted corporate fixer. When companies begin to fracture under pressure, he’s brought in to steady them, reshape the narrative, and keep growth on track.
Across three intersecting crises, Lucas and those around him confront hard questions about power, ethics, and responsibility. As incentives tighten and listening disappears, leadership becomes performance, data replaces judgment, and silence becomes complicity.
Built to Collapse isn’t a how-to business book or a manifesto. It’s a character-driven exploration of capitalism, corporate power, and the psychological cost of success in systems that reward growth over meaning.
For readers drawn to thoughtful business fiction and systems-level critique, the novel delivers a stark truth:
Sometimes collapse isn’t a failure.
It’s the only honest outcome.
