Fracture Protocol. Vanguard, #1

In the aftermath of Earth's uneasy induction into a galactic alliance, the cosmos is tearing at its seams. Quantum experiments, rogue time travel, and alien relics have fractured the laws of reality itself. Dimensional anomalies appear without warning whole cities vanish, gravity warps sideways, and memory itself cannot be trusted. When governments move too slow or choose not to act the Rift Vanguard answers.
Operating from a stolen transdimensional ship known as The Black Halo, this independent team of specialists forms the universe's last line of defense against reality collapse. They aren't diplomats or soldiers they're hackers, infiltrators, memory weavers, sonic tacticians, gravity manipulators, and beings who barely remain human. Each one carries a unique power and a heavier burden. As Rift signatures spike across occupied space, Neural detects a signal buried deep in the void something impossibly intelligent, possibly alive.
Circuit Saint begins glitching. Mnemonic uncovers memories none of the team lived. And Slipvector vanishes mid-jump, her coordinates fracturing into unknown dimensions. What begins as a recon mission turns into a battle against an entity that mirrors them. anticipates them. and may have already seeded their destruction. Trust breaks. Timelines bend. Not everyone will return the same. Fracture Protocol launches a high-octane, emotionally charged saga through chaos, memory, and myth.
The Vanguard is the one force that stands between the crumbling multiverse and total oblivion and their war starts now.