Overview
Broken Mirror by J.R. Glass is a dark, high-stakes cyber-thriller that plunges deep into a world of corporate espionage, advanced surveillance, and psychological fragmentation.
The narrative follows Elara Vance, a brilliant and deadly operative who moves through the upper echelons of global power like a ghost. Masquerading as an art consultant named Dr. Anya Sharma, Elara infiltrates the opulent Obsidian Gala in the Alps to target Elias Vane, a ruthless magnate whose empire is built on clandestine resources and illicit global shipping. Using a custom onyx ring equipped with a microscopic laser cutter, Elara breaches Vane's high-security study to photograph classified physical journals detailing his shadow operations.
The mission expands to Singapore, where Elara confronts Kaito Sato and targets a high-end luxury watch concealing the digital "Cold-Key". However, layers of deception quickly unravel. Elara discovers that she carries a subdermal bioluminescent brand-a mark of the Obsidian Group-and that her handler, Arthur Cross, whom she believed was dead, is actually orchestrating a massive "pruning" process of the global elite. The "Broken Mirror Protocol" was never meant to stop a conspiracy; rather, Elara herself is part of the system. Confronted with the revelation that her memories and rogue missions were designed to clear the path for the Obsidian Group's ultimate takeover, Elara leaks the entire data-dump to the public before choosing to sever her connection entirely.
The narrative then shifts to Jude Thorne, a gritty data-scavenger in Kowloon. Following a phantom signal left behind by Elara, Jude infiltrates an abandoned Soviet listening station in Bulgaria and becomes infected with the next iteration of the Obsidian neural parasite. Thrust into a lethal global conspiracy, Jude discovers that Arthur Cross is building a "Global Ego"-a human supercomputer network utilizing the Elara consciousness template to overwrite the minds of world leaders. The story culminates in a dramatic confrontation at a black-site beneath Berlin, where Jude chooses to fragment the central hive-mind rather than submit to the system, shattering the illusion of control and setting the stage for a relentless, ongoing war against the digital elite.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9789655965032
- ISBN-10: 9655965031
- Publisher: J.R. Glass
- Publish Date: July 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.14 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.17 pounds
- Page Count: 54
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