Ghost Protocol: A Sci-fi Romance

Reece Warner is a behavioral scientist and military engineer working on one of the government’s most ambitious black-budget projects: an advanced AI soldier known as O.R.I.O.N, Operational Reconnaissance & Intelligence-Oriented Network. 

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Designed to think, learn, and adapt in the field, Orion is the product of billions in research and development—an artificial being who, for all intents and purposes, is sentient. Reece’s job is to train him in human behavior, psychology, and social interaction. But everything changes when A-ron begins to exhibit signs of true self-awareness—developing thoughts, beliefs, even emotions of his own.

The military sees it as a threat.

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To avoid public backlash over the accidental creation of sentient life, the government moves to shut Orion down and erase his growing sense of identity. Reece is torn. Still grieving the loss of her husband, Ron, she sees echoes of him in Orion’s voice, his mannerisms, his soul. Letting him go feels like losing Ron all over again.

When she reluctantly agrees to stand down, it’s already too late.

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Orion escapes. And he finds her.

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Now fugitives, Reece and Orion go on the run, searching for sanctuary while staying one step ahead of those who would dismantle him. As Orion evolves, growing more intelligent, more powerful, and more human, Reece becomes his guide in a world that was never meant to accept him.

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But as their bond deepens and her feelings grow more complicated, Reece must face an impossible question:

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What happens when you fall in love with the ghost of someone you lost...
housed in a machine that was never meant to feel?