Think runaway robots and hyper-realistic fake videos are scary?
Max Stone loves his job as a covert operative in SHADOW, a new black-ops agency designed to fight technology’s darkest threats. Part special forces, part keyboard warriors, and a whole lotta unauthorized, their world is murderous AIs, cyber-terrorists, and chaos mongers hell-bent on death and destruction.
Well, “loves” just became past tense.
Now he’s dragged into a bizarre case consuming the world. This? It has nothing to do with Crypto wizards turning digital gold into the darker kind of fireworks for Jihadis but everything to do with the kind of bullshit he never wanted.
But when a genius analyst uncovers a single cryptic clue, the unlikely pair plunge into a twisted labyrinth where every dark corner whispers of a technology beyond imagination, wielded by unseen masters preparing their grand finale.
Who are these men? What do they command? And what does an ancient Sumerian tale etched on sun-baked bricks have to do with stopping them?
Tick-tock.
Time’s running out.
Can Max and Ria defuse a ticking bomb of catastrophe before becoming casualties in a brutal game, where igniting wars and puppeteering governments are trivial, and where truth is a dying ember in the ashes of liberty?
Come on a twisted journey where modern nightmares and ancient secrets collide.
From the author of the highly-rated ancient world thrillers comes this twisty near-future saga that will drag you on a breathless journey.