The Glass Man Protocol

"His limbs didn't lie at natural angles because the bones had been shattered; the skin tented by bone fragments that had turned into jagged shards of porcelain within a single heartbeat."

When former neurosurgeon Dr. Claire Rousseau retreats to the quiet Colorado mountain town of Silver Creek, she expects peace, anonymity, and a chance to outrun her past. But when the mayor collapses during the winter festival, Claire recognizes the signs instantly-not a stroke, but a manufactured neurological event, the kind she hoped she'd never see again.

Her instincts drag her into the morgue, where a single puncture wound, scattered petechiae, and a mottled liver reveal a chilling truth: someone is engineering illnesses designed to mimic natural disease. And Silver Creek is only the beginning.

Teaming up with Sheriff Gavin Miller, a man haunted by the experiment that destroyed his family, Claire uncovers a pattern of escalating signatures-pulmonary flooding, skeletal degradation, and human bodies turned into unwilling signal relays. A transmitter hidden in the town clock. A corpse wired like an antenna. A scientist whose theology has become a weapon.

To stop the outbreak, Claire must face a surgeon's impossible paradox:

cut the connection and risk catastrophic feedback-or hesitate and unleash a plague.

In the mountains, isolation is deadly. And this time, the disease is listening.

Perfect for readers who love:

• medical thrillers with realistic pathology and cutting‑edge science

• small‑town mysteries with Colorado mountain atmosphere

• doctor‑detective partnerships and slow‑burn investigative tension

• engineered diseases, bio‑experiments, and techno‑medical suspense

• series built around unusual illnesses, forensic clues, and escalating conspiracies

Key Features:

• A gripping medical thriller blending neuroscience, pathology, and high‑altitude suspense

• A compelling investigative duo-a surgeon with a past and a sheriff with everything to lose

• A chilling antagonist whose scientific doctrine blurs the line between faith and weaponry

• A Colorado mountain setting that amplifies isolation, danger, and atmospheric dread