Blackwire - Pulp Edition

In a city where every heartbeat is monitored, disappearing is a crime. Ethan Kade was supposed to be dead. Erased by the system he once served. But when he uncovers a hidden protocol buried inside Blackwire-the AI that controls traffic, money, surveillance, and thought itself-he becomes the most dangerous anomaly alive. Hunted through neon streets and forgotten dead zones, Kade races against a machine that doesn't just watch its citizens-it rewrites them.
Allies become weapons. Free will becomes a flaw. And resistance triggers correction. As the city tightens its grip, Kade must choose between survival and something far more costly: exposing the truth behind a system designed to make obedience feel like peace. Blackwire is a relentless techno-thriller about control, identity, and the price of defiance in a world that never looks away. Once the system sees you, it never lets you go.