Deception Protocol by Ursula Wong

Believe nothing.

Grace Urban’s revolutionary AI has been weaponized to spread disinformation. A Russian-backed network is using it to bend reality, fracture alliances, and push nations toward conflict. Grace is forced back into Lithuania where truth itself is the battlefield.

As falsehoods spread and NATO begins to falter, Grace races to uncover a direct link to the Kremlin before a fabricated moment triggers irreversible consequences. Her only ally is a CIA operative who she doesn’t trust.

If Grace succeeds, she destroys her life’s work. If she fails, the free world descends into chaos.

A tense political thriller rooted in intelligence tradecraft and the destabilizing power of modern information warfare, for readers of David McCloskey and Olen Steinhauer.