The Echo Protocol: The Quiet Rebellion Of Choosing Truth Over Comfort

by Frank Martin

Mandy Marsh doesn’t just draw memories – she broadcasts them. When her sketchbook begins to pulse with emotional residue and future echoes, her mother Enid realizes the collapse of The Order was only the beginning. A splinter faction has emerged, one that doesn’t just surveil emotions – it seeds them.

Cassian Vale, a former Order architect turned Threadbreaker, offers peace. But peace comes with a silence, suppression, and the rewriting of loyalty. As Mandy’s sketches begin to predict betrayals and unravel truths no one has spoken aloud, Enid must decide whether to anchor her daughter – or let her fracture to expose the system’s final lie.

With the help of the Threadkeepers – survivors who remember through art, ritual, and resonance – Enid confronts her own buried memories and the emotional loops designed to keep her compliant. But Cassian’s manipulation runs deeper than anyone imagined, and Mandy’s gift may be the very thing that breaks her.

The Echo Protocol is a haunting, emotionally intelligent thriller that explores memory as resistance, grief as currency, and the quiet rebellion of choosing truth over comfort. Perfect for fans of Station Eleven, The Silent Patient, and Severance, this second installment in The Order series blends psychological realism, speculative tension, and layered dialogue into a story that lingers long after the final page.

34 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 22, 2025

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