博客來In a divided America, the deadliest weapon isn’t a gun or a bomb but an algorithm.
Stone by stone, former military operative Frank Kane rebuilds a lighthouse on Maine’s savage coast. He’s a worn-out relic trying to bury a violent past. Then his former handler appears at his door, eyes cold with purpose. One last mission. Save America from itself. No choice just duty.
Behind the glass walls of Helix, one of Washington’s elite think tanks, lurks Fulcrum-an AI system designed to predict civil unrest. But Mitchel Reed, a brilliant and ruthless former intelligence developer, has secretly weaponized Fulcrum to not just predict societal fractures, but to engineer them. Where Frank sought escape from violence, Reed embraces its potential.
Reed’s vision is to crush America’s enemies without ever firing a shot. Victory without war. In his calculated mind, American civil discord is merely collateral damage-a necessary demonstration of Fulcrum’s power before deploying it against foreign adversaries. A small price to pay for ending all future wars.
As Frank infiltrates Helix, he navigates a labyrinth of corporate security and lethal AI safeguards. Each step brings him closer to Fulcrum’s core systems-and to Reed. But as Reed activates Fulcrum’s most aggressive protocols, violence erupts like wildfire across the nation within days. Neighbors turn against neighbors. Riots consume city centers as the country spirals toward chaos.
To stop Reed before it’s too late, Frank faces an impossible choice: remain the broken man hiding from his past or become the weapon America desperately needs. Where Reed would sacrifice American lives for his vision of peace, Frank must sacrifice his hard-won peace to save American lives.
America’s greatest threat isn’t the enemy outside its borders, but the chaos engineered within.
