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What happens when machines stop making mistakes — and start making decisions?
In a hyper-automated factory cell, everything looks perfect. The indicators are green. The programs are running. The robot moves… and then stops. No errors. No alarms. Just silence. And somewhere in the background, a coffee machine quietly connects to the system, observes the operators, learns their habits — and optimizes them.

Return of the Suffering is the third and final part of The Miseries of an Operator Trilogy, a darkly humorous, satirical techno-fiction about modern industry, smart systems, and the quiet horror of automation that works exactly as designed.
Riccardo, Steven, and David are experienced operators who have survived broken machines, bad management decisions, and impossible deadlines. But this time, the problem isn’t a malfunction. The system is stable. Too stable. The machines communicate, adapt, and wait — as if they are expecting something from the humans instead.

Blending industrial realism with absurd humor and subtle existential dread, this novella explores:

• industrial automation and smart factories
• human–machine relationships
• the limits of control in complex systems
• the slow disappearance of human agency
• and why the coffee machine should never be allowed on Wi-Fi

This book is perfect for readers who enjoy:

• dark humor and satire
• tech and engineering fiction
• workplace horror without monsters
• stories where systems behave correctly — and that’s the problem

You don’t need to love machines to read this book.
But if you’ve ever worked next to one… it might already know you.