The Phantom Protocol: The greatest medical threat is the one you can't see.

by Eric Green

💉 The Phantom ProtocolThe system is designed to save lives. A killer has turned it into a weapon.

Trauma surgeon Dr. Aris Thorne thrives on precision. But when a patient dies from a sudden, massive pulmonary embolism after a routine operation, Thorne spots a terrifying detail the administration wants a small, medically impossible anomaly in the data log.

Dr. Alistair Finch, the Chief of Staff, demands silence, desperate to protect the hospital’s crumbling reputation. But Thorne can't let it go. Digging into the archives, he uncovers a horrific four similar deaths over the last year, all disguised as natural complications.

Someone is manipulating the hospital’s most vital tools—the PCA pumps, the EMR, the alert systems—to execute flawless, untraceable murders. Thorne realizes the killer is a Phantom operating with deep insider knowledge, systematically targeting patients to prove a personal vendetta against the hospital.

Suspended and isolated, Thorne teams up with a skeptical ICU nurse to prove the existence of the "Phantom Protocol." Their investigation exposes a vast conspiracy tied to a multi-million-dollar malpractice lawsuit, fueled by the killer’s need for an inheritance and revenge.

When the killer targets a vulnerable child in the Pediatric Ward, Thorne must secure the evidence that exposes the truth and ruins his career, or abandon the proof to save the next victim.

In the sterile corridors of MacPherson Memorial's, the greatest medical threat is the one you can’t see.

73 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 5, 2025

About the author

Eric Green lives on the Maine Coast with his wife. He was born in northern New Hampshire, rode freights across the country as a teenager, made his living as a visual artist for thirty years, and writes the syndicated award-winning column "The Penobscot Falcon."