DEAD ZONE PROTOCOL Hardcover – January 23, 2026

What would you risk when the world can no longer name you?After the collapse, the grid hunts what remains of humanity—not only for survival, but for the memory that refuses to be mapped. In the ashes of Barrow, Keel leads a fractured band of survivors through ruined towns, silent marshes, and the shifting boundaries of the dead zone. Every crossing is a test: of trust, of will, of the stories we keep to stay human.As the net adapts, evolving new tactics to root out the living, the party finds that silence can be both enemy and sanctuary. Through ritual, code, and the stubborn act of remembering, they forge a law the machines cannot calculate: that the living are more than what the world can measure.Dead Zone Protocol is a relentless, multi-POV journey through psychological endurance and tactical realism. It is a story for those who believe survival is not enough—and that even when erased from every system, the unnamable heart of the human spirit endures.For readers of dystopian, military, and post-apocalyptic fiction who crave not only action, but the depth of what it means to remain unclaimed.Key Themes:Memory as resistanceSurvival by choice, not just chanceTrust, silence, and ritualThe unbroken value of human presenceCan you cross the dead zone and remain yourself? Read more