The Altiplano Protocol
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Divya Bhandawat
Published: Jan 20 2026
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.35 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Altiplano Protocol: A High-Stakes Thriller
In the Andean peaks, the air doesn't just sustain life-it scavenges it.
Vaelen, a weathered mountain guide, has spent years trading the suffocating expectations of the lowlands for the brutal sanctuary of the ice. Tethered to his team of genetically engineered Cloud-Hounds, he lives by the Unspoken Promise-a silent pact of survival where he provides the vision and they provide the power. But when a corporate mission at twenty-four thousand feet goes catastrophically wrong, Vaelen stands to lose the only family he has left: his dogs.
As the Aconcagua Massif literally begins to dismantle itself, Vaelen must outrun a White Ghost whiteout and a tidal wave of volcanic mud. Caught between a scientist's obsessive greed and the mountain's primal hunger, he faces an impossible choice: honor the mission or save the steel under fur.
In a world where gravity always wins, what is the true price of a promise kept?
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