Ghost in the Code. A Riley Stone Thriller, #1

Some ghosts haunt people. Others haunt systems. When an elite cyber-defense facility goes dark, rookie operative Riley Stone is pulled into a mission that was never meant for someone like him. What begins as a glitch spirals into a cryptic war of dead drops, rogue AI, and operatives who don't exist on any government record. But Riley isn't just chasing digital phantoms- they are watching him. As betrayals mount and firewalls fall, Riley uncovers a conspiracy buried beneath Avalon's digital infrastructure.
A silent war is unfolding where every file is a weapon and every whisper in the code could trigger collapse. The deeper he dives, the clearer the truth: the system is lying-and he's the last person who's supposed to know. In the shadows of surveillance, the deadliest weapon is the truth no one wants exposed.