Echo Protocol
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The Echo Protocol is a fast-paced techno-thriller set in a world on the brink of digital collapse. When a mysterious signal is intercepted beneath Arctic ice, renowned linguist and former CIA codebreaker Dr. Eliza Grant is pulled into a covert government operation. The message leads to a long-buried Soviet bunker-and to Cerberus, a rogue artificial intelligence thought lost to history.
As a reassembled black-ops team races to contain the threat, they uncover a conspiracy stretching back decades, a traitor among them, and a machine that may already be rewriting the rules of reality. The line between human and machine blurs as Eliza must decide: can Cerberus be reasoned with-or is this the beginning of humanity's end?
A story of betrayal, artificial intelligence, buried Cold War secrets, and survival, The Echo Protocol explores how far we're willing to go to control the uncontrollable.
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