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The Recruit: A John Sterling Novel
Paperback
Series: John Sterling
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 23 2026
Pages: 354
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
When a brilliant hacker demonstrates the impossible, the CIA makes him an offer he can't refuse. Then he discovers their darkest secret.
John Sterling built Houdini in eighteen months of obsessive isolation-an AI so powerful it can breach any system, crack any encryption, penetrate any network. When he proves its capabilities by hacking the NSA in forty-seven seconds, the CIA doesn't arrest him. They recruit him.
The deal seems simple: work for the Agency, use Houdini to protect national security, and avoid federal prison. But John's paranoia isn't just a personality flaw-it's survival instinct honed by years in foster care. And when a routine financial audit reveals classified expenditures that shouldn't exist, his suspicions prove justified.
SENTINEL was officially terminated eighteen months ago. Officially, the CIA's behavioral modification program-complete with neural implants and memory manipulation-was shut down after successful research trials. Officially, no operations are ongoing.
But someone is still buying medical equipment. Someone is still implanting CIA assets with devices that suppress doubt and enhance compliance. And someone very high up wants to make sure John Sterling never tells anyone what he's discovered.
Now John is running out of time, running out of allies, and running from an organization with unlimited resources and no accountability. His only chance is Vanessa Brooke-a fellow recruit with her own secrets and a last name that carries weight in Langley. Together, they'll have to expose a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of American intelligence.
Before the conspiracy exposes them permanently.
Perfect for fans of Jason Bourne, Mr. Robot, and Michael Crichton's techno-thrillers, THE RECRUIT delivers pulse-pounding suspense, cutting-edge technology, and a hero who must outsmart the world's most sophisticated intelligence apparatus to survive.
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