Anomal

What happens behind closed doors shall not be seen by the public eye. Stefan, a boy who suffers from decidophobia, fell victim to the system of a mental hospital and finds his life at risk. Alongside his friends, Claire and Luuk, he breaks free from the chains of enclosure and goes on an escape across Germany with the aim of getting home. On their way, the trio encounters numerous challenges that put their psyche to the test. They either have to face their fear or receive a one-way ticket back to where they cam from. The reader gets to experience the everyday world through the eyes of a mentally ill person which shed a light on how differently people can perceive the world around them. The characters are written with character traits that are understandable and easy to relate to but allow for a deep insight into their characteristics and thought processes. This novel is written in a way that people who usually don't read book can enjoy but it does not fall short on little details and connections that only experienced readers might catch on their second read.

This book shows how different people perceive the world around them differently. Everyone puts different aspect of life in their focus and this novel not only shows this applied on it's characters but also how this leads to unique interaction. The reader can see a normal world through different eyes that perceive normal aspects of life as an extreme which leads to a new perspective on the most basic and normal things and new found appreciation for the things that are a given to us.

Autorentext
Silveer Niehaus is an author who has been fascinated with the art of entertainment ever since his childhood. Regardless if it is a book, a movie, a video game or something else, Silveer views every medium of entertainment as a form of art which must be approached individually to get the most out of. Ever since elementary shool Silveer loved writing short stories but he has never officially published one. He prefers to keep his ideas to himself to refine them over years so they become a work of art which he can truely believe in. For his high school diploma in 2018, Silveer put a special focus on the school subject art rather than science because for him there is nothing better than expressing yourself through the art you create and share with the ones around you. During school, numerous of Silveer's classmates told him to become an author so he started his first serious attempt in 2018 which led to the creation of the original german version of "Anomal The Sanatorium Runaways" one year later. The novel was then released in the year 2022 in german with an english release following in 2024 to cater towards an international audience.