Alex Reeves thought moving to Pinnacle Heights would be a fresh start-an affordable house in a quiet planned community where civic engagement was "award-winning." But when mysterious invitations to mandatory HOA meetings start arriving, Alex discovers something terrifying: the meetings happen in dreams. Every three nights at exactly 3:47 AM, all 847 residents gather in a shared dreamspace, voting on community matters with eerie unanimity.
And their decisions don't just stay in dreams-they manifest in reality. Buildings appear overnight. Budgets materialize from nowhere. The community is literally dreaming itself into existence. With the help of River, a neighbor whose irregular sleep patterns make them immune to the synchronization, Alex uncovers the truth: Pinnacle Heights is an experiment in collective consciousness. For sixteen years, the community has been building toward a final transformation-one that will merge all residents into a single hive mind and spread across the globe.
As Halloween approaches and the completion date looms, Alex must choose: surrender to the seductive comfort of perfect unity, or fight to preserve individual consciousness. But even voting "no" may not be enough to stop what's been set in motion. A chilling folk horror tale about the death of the individual in an age of forced consensus, THE COMMITTEE asks: what are you willing to sacrifice to never be alone again?
Alex Reeves thought moving to Pinnacle Heights would be a fresh start-an affordable house in a quiet planned community where civic engagement was "award-winning." But when mysterious invitations to mandatory HOA meetings start arriving, Alex discovers something terrifying: the meetings happen in dreams. Every three nights at exactly 3:47 AM, all 847 residents gather in a shared dreamspace, voting on community matters with eerie unanimity.
And their decisions don't just stay in dreams-they manifest in reality. Buildings appear overnight. Budgets materialize from nowhere. The community is literally dreaming itself into existence. With the help of River, a neighbor whose irregular sleep patterns make them immune to the synchronization, Alex uncovers the truth: Pinnacle Heights is an experiment in collective consciousness. For sixteen years, the community has been building toward a final transformation-one that will merge all residents into a single hive mind and spread across the globe.
As Halloween approaches and the completion date looms, Alex must choose: surrender to the seductive comfort of perfect unity, or fight to preserve individual consciousness. But even voting "no" may not be enough to stop what's been set in motion. A chilling folk horror tale about the death of the individual in an age of forced consensus, THE COMMITTEE asks: what are you willing to sacrifice to never be alone again?