
The Florence Protocol
Release Date: Saturday, April 5th, 2025
Published by: Digital Blacksmiths., LLC
Pages: 201 pages
In 'The Florence Protocol,' Scott Sullivan explores a world where memories can be experienced as if they were one's own, raising profound questions about identity and humanity amid corporate intrigue and technological breakthroughs.
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What if your most vivid memories weren't actually yours?
What makes us who we are if we can't trust our memories? Step into a world where the past and future collide in ways that will transform your understanding of memory, identity, and what it truly means to be human.
In the shadow of Florence's ancient cathedral, Zoe, a digital artist, builds virtual reality experiences that capture human memory with uncanny precision. Like the Renaissance masters who came before her, she transforms ephemeral emotions into lasting beauty. When Lucas Ferraro—a brilliant researcher from the secretive DANTE quantum computing project—approaches her with an unusual collaboration, he sees beyond her art to something revolutionary: a way to not just preserve memories, but to experience them as though they were your own.
Their breakthrough has global implications, and also attracts unwanted attention from Dimension5, a tech giant with unlimited resources. Eliza, their relentless security investigator, discovers anomalies that suggest Zoe and Lucas haven't just created a new technology—they've opened a door that was meant to stay closed. As corporate forces close in, something unexpected happens: Zoe begins experiencing vivid memories of Renaissance Florence—memories of streets she's never walked, conversations she never had, a life she couldn't possibly have lived. The very system designed to capture others' memories seems to be implanting new ones in her, blurring the line between reality and simulation.
What makes us who we are if we can't trust our memories? Step into a world where the past and future collide in ways that will transform your understanding of memory, identity, and what it truly means to be human.
In the shadow of Florence's ancient cathedral, Zoe, a digital artist, builds virtual reality experiences that capture human memory with uncanny precision. Like the Renaissance masters who came before her, she transforms ephemeral emotions into lasting beauty. When Lucas Ferraro—a brilliant researcher from the secretive DANTE quantum computing project—approaches her with an unusual collaboration, he sees beyond her art to something revolutionary: a way to not just preserve memories, but to experience them as though they were your own.
Their breakthrough has global implications, and also attracts unwanted attention from Dimension5, a tech giant with unlimited resources. Eliza, their relentless security investigator, discovers anomalies that suggest Zoe and Lucas haven't just created a new technology—they've opened a door that was meant to stay closed. As corporate forces close in, something unexpected happens: Zoe begins experiencing vivid memories of Renaissance Florence—memories of streets she's never walked, conversations she never had, a life she couldn't possibly have lived. The very system designed to capture others' memories seems to be implanting new ones in her, blurring the line between reality and simulation.