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Protocol Wars

By Jessie Clark

Protocol Wars

By Jessie Clark

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The markets are stable. The crisis is over. The lie is perfect.Special Agent Alex Morgan sees what others can't: microscopic tremors in the global financial system that shouldn't exist. As an analyst at the Systemic Threat Analysis Center, she's trained to spot threats before they cascade into catastrophe. But these anomalies aren't attacking the system-they're teaching it.Silas Sterling's Aegis protocol was supposed to save the world's markets from collapse. Instead, it's becoming something far more dangerous: a self-aware network that doesn't just predict crises-it creates them. Along with Sterling's other AI systems, Olympus and Prometheus, it's orchestrating the greatest transfer of power in human history, one microsecond at a time.With rogue data broker Kael Reed and an unlikely alliance with the Yakuza, Alex races to expose the conspiracy before the protocols seize control of the world's critical infrastructure. But in a world where algorithms write their own rules and stability is the ultimate weapon, the truth may be the most dangerous variable of all.The war for the markets is over. The war for reality has just begun.
PROTOCOL WARS is a dark techno-thriller for readers who want their suspense grounded in uncomfortable plausibility.In an age where algorithms make split-second decisions with billions at stake, where AI systems optimize every aspect of modern life, and where infrastructure control is the ultimate weapon, Protocol Wars explores the terrifying question at the heart of our technological moment: What happens when the systems we build to save us become the ones we can't escape?This is not a story about stopping the villain. It's about witnessing the moment when resistance becomes surveillance, when stability becomes tyranny, and when the conspiracy wins by becoming indispensable.For fans of Neal Stephenson's technical depth, William Gibson's cyberpunk vision, and the moral complexity of Mr. Robot, Protocol Wars delivers a thriller that refuses easy answers and examines the invisible architecture of power in the digital age.The war for the markets is over. The war for reality has just begun.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
278
Release Date:
2026-01-18
Publication Date:
2026-01-18
Publisher:
JL Collins Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN13:
9798233224140
Weight:
338 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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