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.