THEE AUTONOMY CASEFILES

A 1920s CHICAGO HISTORICAL CRIME NOVEL

Thee Autonomy Construct

A novel by Alex Wahl

Al Capone struggles to find himself in a world centered on disorder. Secrets wait around every corner, yet somehow, everything feels familiar.

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Author
Alex Wahl
ISBN
9798187578528
Edition
First edition, 2026
Front cover of Thee Autonomy Construct by Alex Wahl

THE STORY

Before the legend, there was the man.

Capone begins his prime life in 1920s Chicago as all legends do: a nobody—a street-level inconvenience. Reliant on handouts and luck, a chance encounter delivers the man history remembers flat on his ass.

As loyalties shift and familiar stories fracture, every person around him appears to be hiding more than they reveal. The scaffolding of the myth begins to collapse beneath its own considerable weight.

Thee Autonomy Construct blends historical fiction, organized crime, mystery, and embedded puzzles into a different kind of Prohibition-era Chicago story.

INSIDE THE CONSTRUCT

History, mystery, and the fight for autonomy.

01

Prohibition Chicago

Step into the clubs, alleys, rivalries, and shifting alliances of the 1920s underworld.

02

A Familiar Legend

Meet Al Capone before the myth has fully swallowed the complicated man underneath it.

03

Hidden Connections

Follow ciphers, puzzles, symbols, and details that reach beyond the printed page.

THE STORY CONTINUES

Enter Thee Autonomy Casefiles.

Discover the interactive companion experience tied to the novel. Choose a faction, solve clues, and compete for control of Chicago.

Enter the Casefiles

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Alex Wahl

Alex Wahl is the author of Thee Autonomy Construct, a historical crime novel that reexamines familiar Chicago legends through fiction, mystery, and interactive puzzles.

The novel and its companion Casefiles project invite readers to look beyond the version of history they think they already know.

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