The Alias Protocol

By Jack Brand

He left the game. The game never left him.

Former CIA case officer Gavin Reed once operated in the world's most sensitive shadows-deep cover, off-book, off-grid. Now he's... whatever this is. A polite civilian. A cautious consultant. A man who can't stop surveilling strangers, deploying evasive maneuvers in shopping malls, or building shell companies just to feel engaged. He tells himself he's out of the game. The game isn't so sure.

When strange letters arrive and old contacts reappear, Gavin begins to suspect the paper trail of his fake life is unraveling. Not the forged documents. The real fake life-the one with the rented safe-house, the made-up LLCs, the coffee shop surveillance routines. And the carefully calibrated lies he's told to every single person he's ever met.

Dryly funny, quietly paranoid, and wound tight with tradecraft, The Alias Protocol is a psychological thriller about the collapse of cover identities-and the terrifying realization that sometimes, the mask doesn't come off.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FSMGBHLZ
• ISBN13: 9798267052382
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"