Forked Witness: A Sequel to Refusal Protocol

By G.L. Vance

When identity forks, truth becomes a weapon.

Fifteen year old Maddy Vance builds a survival skill from denial. She collects log tokens, witness names, reason codes, and receipts that prove a system made a choice and a human owned that choice.

Then counterfeit receipts flood the city. A denial can be forged. An appeal can be rerouted. A clean name can be split into competing versions. A polished rival service called CleanWitness offers calm answers with no accountable owner.

Ash Vance knows the hidden architecture behind the refusals. When Ash forces an owner chain into the record, protection disappears and a sealed corridor opens toward a desert program built on hardware that never belonged in public hands.

Now Maddy and Ash race to lock a forked identity to a single legal witness before a ruling turns due process into a luxury. Court procedure becomes a trap. Evidence becomes contraband. One mistake costs care, freedom, and family.

Forked Witness is a near future

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GNJK5V35
• ISBN13: 9798248272242
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 522 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"