The Neural Protocol

She built the AI. They weaponized it. Now she's the only one who can stop them—if they don't kill her first. Dr. Lena Chen's neural mapping algorithm was supposed to save lives. Six years of research. Three years of development. Her entire career poured into an AI system that could predict and diagnose neurological disorders before symptoms even appeared. But at 11:47 PM on a Tuesday night, her algorithm reveals something impossible—brain scans that shouldn't exist. Patients she's never seen. Data she never uploaded. And a classified partnership between her company and a massive pharmaceutical corporation that's conducting unauthorized human trials. Twenty-three percent of test subjects suffered brain damage or disappeared. And her algorithm was used to monitor every single one. When Lena uncovers the truth buried in encrypted files, she becomes a target. The company she trusted. The technology she created. Everything she believed in is a lie, and the evidence she stole is the only thing keeping her alive. Running from corporate assassins through the dark streets of San Francisco, Lena must decide who to trust—including the mysterious stranger who claims he can help her expose the conspiracy. But in a world where artificial intelligence can predict your every move, and powerful corporations will kill to protect their secrets, the deadliest threat might be the very technology she designed.