Shadow of Deceit: From the Bones Book Two of the Fracture Protocol Trilogy Memory is not a relic. It's a weapon. The Index has collapsed—but the scars it left behind are just beginning to speak. Anton Vale has shattered his official past, unlocking a network of erased operatives and fractured truths the system buried in silence. But when whispers of a hidden protocol begin to rise—one encoded not in data but in human decision—Anton finds himself drawn back into a war that no longer wears uniforms. From the ruins of Grid Fall to a secret archive etched in living memory, Anton and Latch must navigate ghost networks, recursive traps, and a signal that thinks for itself. The system isn’t rebooting. It’s adapting. And the cost of resistance may be not only their lives—but their identities. In a world rebuilt from memory shards and deception, truth doesn’t set you free. It sets you on fire. The feed is watching. The past is listening. And some things remember you louder than you remember yourself.