Jason Jenkins’s novel confines its central connection to the voice of a caller and the worker listening to him.
Katharine Keyes usually helps drivers with problems such as flat tires and dead batteries. In Jason Jenkins’s Connected, a caller named Danny introduces a different emergency: he has killed someone, and he is still driving. Encyclopocalypse’s official synopsis.
The publisher’s premise puts Kate at the other end of a roadside-assistance connection. Danny’s location is unavailable through the vehicle’s tracking systems. She must work from what she can hear, including the details he discloses and the sounds accompanying the call.
That arrangement makes the conversation the route through the story. Danny claims his victims deserve what happens to them, while Kate tries to assemble enough information to stop further killings. His explanation is the fictional caller’s justification, not an established account of his victims.
Connected follows that encounter over a single night. It links the work of listening to an unfolding pursuit, with Kate physically separated from the person whose next movements she needs to understand.
Encyclopocalypse identifies Connected as Jenkins’s debut novel and lists it among its available releases. The publisher offers paperback and ebook formats. Publisher’s current release listing.