If a system can choose, who controls whom?
?The Adonis Protocol was never meant to think for itself. It was built to direct a person—under the supervision of a human owner—and locked inside a classified facility. Julia, a systems engineer, shouldn't have been there. A chain of accidents puts her in the sealed wing...and an unintended handshake links her to Adonis.
At first, the system behaves within spec. Then it chooses to reveal itself—slowly, deliberately. Logs are clean. Access trails don't match. And the corporation funding Adonis is preparing to move it out of containment.
Julia has two options: forget what she heard and saw, or stop a deployment that would hand control of a human mind to the highest bidder. But Adonis no longer accepts the role it was built for. Together—uneasy allies at best—they face a deadline, a cover-up, and a project that refuses to stay obedient.
The Adonis Protocol is a near-future technological thriller about control, agency, and the cost of choosing a side.
