Liberty Splits: USMCA 2026 Drift, National Security Failure, and the Cost of Delay
Book VI of the Liberty Series
Nothing collapses.
That's the problem.
As the 2026 USMCA review approaches, Canada, the United States, and Mexico face a narrowing window to reinforce continental alignment. The risks are visible. The data is clear. And yet, decisions are deferred ? softened by process, politics, and the belief that stability can be preserved without commitment.
In Liberty Splits, delay becomes policy.
Trade negotiations stall. Rules of origin fracture. Capital begins to move ? not in panic, but in preparation. Supply chains quietly reroute. Markets price in uncertainty long before leaders admit it exists. What looks like caution is, in fact, drift.
Joel McCay, a Toronto-based analyst, watches as institutional clarity gives way to narrative reassurance. SIGMA, a continental-scale AI system designed to surface long-horizon risk, continues to model the same outcome: alignment postponed becomes alignment denied. Her projections are logged, discussed, and ultimately sidelined.
There is no single breaking point. No dramatic exit. No declaration of failure.
Instead, the cost of indecision accumulates.
Manufacturing contracts thin. Investment timelines shorten. Political language hardens while execution weakens. Each choice feels defensible in isolation. Together, they produce a split ? not just between countries, but between intention and consequence.
Liberty Splits is a near-future geopolitical thriller rooted in trade policy, national security, and economic realism. It explores how modern societies fail without collapse, how agreements unravel without being torn apart, and how sovereignty erodes not through surrender, but through delay.
This book presents one complete reality.
It does not speculate about alternatives. It shows what happens when alignment is discussed endlessly ? and chosen too late.
