{ "item_title" : "Book 5 - The Ghost Channel", "item_author" : [" Peter Fogarty "], "item_description" : "The Ghost Channel: A Benjamin Forensic Thriller (Book 4)Systems Warfare Industrial Noir Forensic RealismIn 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.THE MISSION: THE DELTA CONTINGENCYBenjamin 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.THE DANUBE GAUNTLETFrom 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.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers3.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/824/746/9798247464082_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "14.99", "online_price" : "14.99", "our_price" : "14.99", "club_price" : "14.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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