Corporate Protocol - Alex Mercer, #1

For most people, life changes quietly-a single word, a fleeting glance, a gut feeling you can't shake. For Alex Mercer, that moment began with numbers. Buried in the sleek, steel heart of TitanTech, the world's most powerful tech corporation, Alex is a brilliant but ordinary data analyst. His job? Find patterns, anomalies, and mistakes in endless streams of financial data. But on one unremarkable morning, something in those numbers catches his eye-something small, subtle, but impossible to ignore.
A few transactions don't add up. They're too perfect, too calculated. And what Alex discovers next changes everything. TitanTech, led by its enigmatic CEO Marcus Kane, isn't just a titan of industry. Beneath the glossy exterior lies a sinister operation-one that spans countries, influences governments, and hides billions of dollars in illegal activity. Alex has stumbled upon a secret so dangerous, so devastating, that anyone who uncovers it doesn't live to tell the tale.
Now, Alex is in over his head. With the help of Lena Thompson, a brilliant hacker and the only person he can trust, he embarks on a race against time to expose the truth. But Kane's empire isn't just watching-they're hunting him. As cryptic warnings flood his phone, shadowy figures close in, and friends turn to enemies, Alex must decide how far he's willing to go to expose the truth. The deeper he digs, the darker the conspiracy becomes.
TitanTech's corruption runs through the highest levels of power, and the stakes aren't just corporate scandals-they're life and death. Each step brings Alex closer to the edge, and one thing becomes clear: there's no turning back. In a world where money controls everything, Alex Mercer has one chance to bring it all down. But it might cost him everything-his career, his friends, even his life. Would you dare to unravel the secrets of a billion-dollar empire?