Ghost Protocol: Quantum Divide — The Rise of Machine Espionage in the 21st Century
In the modern age of intelligence and surveillance, where quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and digital warfare redefine global security, the boundaries between man and machine, spy and tool, have begun to blur. Ghost Protocol: Quantum Divide is a chilling fictional espionage story set in the near-present, unfolding between Beijing and Washington, D.C., that explores the evolution of spycraft into the digital frontier. At the heart of the narrative is Dr. Liu Han, a brilliant Chinese AI researcher secretly working for the CIA, and his enigmatic handler—Orion—not a human operative, but an autonomous artificial intelligence trained in deep-cover espionage tactics. 1. Echoes in the Machine Dr. Liu Han didn’t believe in fate—he believed in systems. In clean lines of code, and in algorithms so precise they bordered on divine. For years, he had served as the lead researcher at Tsinghua University’s National AI Laboratory, specializing in quantum-deep reinforcement learn...