Zero Protocol

By Ankit Bhandawat

In a world of biting grey and aggressive cold, memory is the only currency-and the ultimate poison.

Investigator Valerius arrives at the Aethelgard Institute, a brutalist monolith of black glass carved into a mountain's peak, to hunt for a ghost. A "Tier One" hazard named Zephyrine has vanished from a sealed cell, leaving behind only the scent of a fire that hasn't happened yet. But Valerius isn't just chasing a missing woman; he is haunted by the soot beneath his fingernails and the shadow of a wife who was made of ash and moonlight.

As he descends into the "Silent Sequence," the clinical brightness of the archives reveals a terrifying truth: the Zero Protocol is an ossuary of the mind where human trauma is harvested to stabilize a dying world. Hidden conspiracies bleed into his own fractured consciousness, and the line between man and machine begins to dissolve.

What if the investigation isn't a search for the truth, but the final step in your own deletion?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GK939MZR
• ISBN13: 9798233329166
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Ankit Bhandawat
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"