Helix Protocol: a Midnight Burn Prequel Tech Spectra

In a world where surveillance is seamless and lies wear lab coats, the only truth left is the one you steal.Jace Mercer doesn’t trust anything with a corporate logo.Not systems. Not data. Definitely not people.He’s a ghost—an ex-infiltrator turned elite data operative, carving truth out of a world engineered to bury it. With Sage, his AI assistant built for breach and vanish, Jace takes jobs that keep him off the grid—and ahead of the fallout.When a whistleblower reaches out with proof of a biotech cover-up, the job looks simple. It isn’t.Beneath the gleaming towers of a pharmaceutical giant, a miracle drug is racing toward approval. The data says it will save lives. The buried files say otherwise. And once Jace cracks the system, there’s no clean way out.Forty-seven hours before Midnight Burn, one breach started it all.And even when you win, it still feels like a loss.Helix Protocol is a cyber-noir prequel—tight, atmospheric, and lethal in its restraint.Perfect for fans of:Cyber-noir thrillersTactical espionageCorporate conspiracyNoir science fictionNear-future cyberpunk