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Book 5 - The Ghost Channel
Paperback
Series: A Benjamin Forensic Thriller, Book 5
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 4 2026
Pages: 58
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.12 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Ghost Channel: A Benjamin Forensic Thriller (Book 4)
Systems Warfare Industrial Noir Forensic Realism
In the digital ruins of the Danube Delta, the ultimate audit has begun. Truth is the most dangerous asset a man can hold-and the most lethal to audit.
In the fourth installment of the Benjamin Forensic Thriller series, Dr. Peter Fogarty (PhD) applies 25 years of expertise in systems analysis to a landscape where technology is both the hunter and the only hope for escape. When a Zero-Day event triggers a total digital blackout, the architecture of survival shifts from the cloud to the silt.
Benjamin is an auditor who prefers the silence of ledgers to the chaos of the front lines. But in 2026, he is a digital ferryman operating a shallow-draft supply barge through the labyrinthine Sunken Forest of the Danube Delta. When he intercepts a desperate group of refugees carrying a ruggedized server core, Ben realizes he is navigating the blueprint for a new kind of warfare.
ENGINEERED FOR TECHNICAL PRECISIONDr. Fogarty brings his signature Forensic Realism to a setting where every mechanical variable matters:
The Data: Source code for an automated logistics grid-an AI Board that determines human utility based on social credit and algorithmic drift.
The Threat: The Recruitment Bureau's extraction teams, supported by Z-Cell heavy-lift drones and autonomous Crawlers designed to harvest intellectual property.
Silt Logic: Surviving in a total digital blackout using an offline cache of 1974 Soviet maps and the ability to turn a rusted telegraph cable into a weapon of mass deception.
The Brain: A high-stakes breach of a decommissioned offshore oil rig bristling with acoustic cannons and Swarmer drone swarms.
From the Soviet-era radar ruins that leak electromagnetic ghosts to the Willow-House-a floating data-haven hidden in a secret lagoon-Ben must navigate a vertical city of steel to reassemble the truth before the Sentinel orbital sweep locks on.
WHY READERS OF TECHNICAL NOIR CHOOSE DR. PETER FOGARTY:Forensic Authenticity: A thriller written for readers who demand technical accuracy over generic tropes.
Geopolitical Grittiness: An immersive exploration of the Danube's industrial decay and shadow-finance architecture.
Systems Warfare: A deep-dive into the reality of AI-driven drafting and the Hard Reset of global logistics.
The Audit is no longer about recovery. It's about survival. Break the machine before the machine breaks the world.
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