"They thought they were training him to observe and be controlled. They underestimated him."
Nathan Bishop was just another analytical mind - sharp, quiet, unnoticed. Until 9/11 cracked the world open and the alphabet agencies came calling. Recruited under the guise of a graduate fellowship, Nathan steps into a covert world of surveillance, deception, and psychological warfare.
As he's groomed by the NSA, shadowed by the CIA, and tracked by a clandestine group known only as Orion Team, Nathan begins to question everything - especially his handlers.
From the corridors of Fort Meade to the telecom grids of Europe, Recruitment Protocol follows a brilliant operative's descent into a life of code, cover identities, and invisible wars. But when the tools he helped build are turned against him, Nathan must go dark - not to escape, but to fight back.
A searing blend of technical authenticity and pulse-pounding suspense, this is the beginning of a modern spy thriller trilogy rooted in the deepest layers of America's surveillance state.