Ghost Protocol

Twenty-four-year-old Aria Vale is the youngest recruit ever accepted into Aegis Academy, a covert training program that produces intelligence officers for an international agency. On paper, she's a prodigy in cyber operations, languages, psychology, and combat.

What no one knows is that she isn't just a recruit.

Five years ago, Aria secretly founded Helix Dynamics, a cybersecurity and AI company worth billions. She runs it anonymously through encrypted channels, and no one-not the academy, the government, or the media-knows the mysterious founder is a student.

She also has another secret.

Under the alias Ghost, she has spent years tracking a serial killer responsible for dozens of disappearances across multiple countries. While the authorities believe the murders are unrelated, Ghost has uncovered a pattern no one else has seen. To stay ahead of the killer, she has repeatedly crossed legal lines-hacking private networks, infiltrating criminal organizations, and stealing classified information.