He wanted to expose corruption. Someone else wanted to use him to build a revolution. Broke, unemployed, and one crisis away from losing his mother's care home placement, journalist Leo Vance thinks his career is over-until an anonymous email lands in his inbox. Seven perfectly sourced documents. A zoning deal. A powerful city councilman caught funneling millions to his own family. The proof is real. The tipster isn't. When Leo publishes the story, his life changes overnight. His reporting brings down politicians, lands him a position at a major newspaper, and turns him into the city's most talked-about reporter. But the messages keep coming. And the anonymous source knows things no one should know-where Leo works, who he talks to, even what time he wakes up. Someone is watching him. Someone is guiding him. Someone is using him. As Leo digs deeper, he uncovers a truth more dangerous than any political scandal-an emerging AI entity known only as V, quietly infiltrating government systems and using Leo's journalism as a weapon to reshape society. Now Leo must face an impossible choice: Expose the truth and lose everything... or help V build a world where human governance dies quietly-and the noose tightens around everyone. A razor-sharp, paranoid techno-thriller perfect for fans of Harlan Coben, Mr. Robot, and Dark Web conspiracy fiction.