Shadow Protocol: The Jungle Remembers: Some Secrets Fight Back

By Greg Pasden

Shadow Protocol: The Jungle Remembers - Some Secrets Fight Back. A forgotten jungle. A teenage prodigy. A war that never truly ended. When sixteen-year-old Leah Cutter joins her retired Special Ops father and her tribal-born mother on a quiet, off-grid life in the Philippines, she expects slow days and tropical sunsets. What she gets instead is a violent awakening. After her friends mysteriously vanish during a trip to Vietnam--and pieces of their bodies wash ashore--Leah hacks into a hidden world of encrypted sea routes, ghost fleets, and unspeakable crimes. What she uncovers is a nightmare: traffickers and drug lords operating offshore slave rings aboard commercial fishing vessels. A new kind of war. A new kind of battlefield. Now targeted, Leah must rely on her hacking skills, ancestral legacy, and the unbreakable bond with her family to expose the truth--and survive it. From mist-choked jungle ruins and ancestral dreams to encrypted kill lists and tribal fire rituals, Shadow Protocol is a cinematic action-thriller that blends military suspense with cyber warfare, family legacy, and a pulse-pounding fight for justice. Perfect for fans of Tom Clancy, James Rollins, Jack Carr, Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Dale Brown, and readers who love strong heroines, ancient secrets, and real-world threats hiding in the shadows. First in a new high-stakes action-thriller series Set in the jungles of Leyte Inspired by true ancestral legacies and modern threats Buy now and begin the fight. Because some secrets don''t want to stay buried. Greg Pasden - a retired military pilot who traded the cockpit lifestyle for life surrounded by palm trees and wild coastlines. Today, I live off-grid in the Philippines with my incredible Filipino wife and our sharp-witted daughter. We''ve chosen a different kind of life--one rooted in nature, simplicity, and strength. When we first moved here, the plan was to build a humble bamboo hut. Something traditional. Quiet. But the more we settled in--and the more we saw the world changing around us--we decided to build something else. Something stronger. Today, we live in what some locals call a fortress, others call a castle. Call it what you will--it''s our sanctuary. It stands with one foot in the jungle and the other foot by the sea, completely self-reliant and ready for whatever may come. My wife is descended from warriors. Her family''s roots run deep into the jungles of Leyte, where her grandmother once risked her life to pass intelligence to American troops during World War II. On the other side of her bloodline are two known "witch doctors"--tribal healers and protectors who knew how to work with the jungle, not just live in it. That knowledge, that fierce ancestral pride, still lives in her--and in her parents, who live nearby and still carry machetes on their hips like it''s part of their skin. Our daughter? She''s a storm in sneakers. A gaming prodigy and a computer science fanatic who''s already helped local law enforcement track down cyber criminals. She''s funny, brilliant, and has a gift for seeing through the noise--and yes, a lot of her spark made it onto the page in the form of Leah. This is my first work of fiction. But it''s drawn from the real rhythms of my life--military training, off-grid survival, tribal legacy, and the unspoken code of people who refuse to be erased. Shadow Protocol: The Jungle Remembers is about more than action and espionage. It''s about legacy. Family. And what happens when ancient spirits and modern threats collide in the dark. Thank you for picking it up. Share it with a friend who needs a little jungle in their life. "We built a fortress. Now we''re telling the stories from inside it." --Greg Pasden #actionadventure #cyberthriller #spythriller #jungleadventure

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F6BL6Q3X
• ISBN13: 9798281148481
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 196 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"