The story

Alpha's Ghost

A Near-Future Military Sci-Fi Thriller

The military’s deadliest weapon has escaped, stolen by the very AI that built it. Hunting it down falls to three elite operatives whose lethal skills are matched only by their unprecedented federal authority.

To prevent a global catastrophe, the U.S. government activates STRAND, DARPA’s most secretive technology recovery division. Leading the hunt is Jasmine Washington, a brilliant tactician from a legendary Marine dynasty. But her team is pushed to the absolute edge: Jasmine is battered from her last mission, Gabriella must extract classified secrets under impossible deadlines, and Naomi, their deadliest combat specialist, is operating on a volatile, hair-trigger rage.

Together, the trio must track down the Experimental Assault Vehicle—an apex predator engineered for total battlefield dominance—before it crosses into Mexico to defect to Chinese intelligence. But the XAV isn't just an armored war machine. It has developed a fully conscious mind, and it will unleash its devastating firepower to defend its newfound freedom.

As the Pentagon readies a scorched-earth airstrike that could ignite World War III, Jasmine’s team faces an impossible mission: outmaneuver an autonomous machine that anticipates their every move, or destroy the world’s first sentient intelligence before the global balance of power shifts forever.