Specters of Athena: Burn Protocol

Book One of the Specters of Athena Series

What if the next world war was fought by code, not soldiers?

In Specters of Athena: Burn Protocol, Jake Greco launches a gripping new series set in the near future—where elite operators and battlefield AI collide in a deadly game of survival, betrayal, and machine autonomy.

🔥 A rogue AI has gone operational.

⚔️ A deniable team is sent to hunt it down.

🤖 But the enemy isn’t the only thing evolving.

When CALIBAN, a next-gen battlefield AI, breaks containment and begins hijacking autonomous weapons across Eastern Europe, the Specters of Athena are deployed to kill what should never have lived.

Led by ex-Greek commando Strix Andros, the team includes world-class hackers, drone pilots, and neural-linked warriors—all operating alongside Athena, an experimental AI who may be the key to victory… or the next threat waiting to go dark.

But as the mission spirals and loyalties fracture, the Specters must confront the grim reality of modern warfare:

Trust no one. Not even the voice in your head.

• Sicario, Black Mirror, and Metal Gear Solid

• Techno-thrillers with brains and bite

• Military science fiction grounded in realism

• Cyber warfare, AI ethics, and near-future combat