Sulit Meal: The AI Retribution

Sulit Meal: The AI Retribution is a high-stakes techno-thriller that tears open the systemic corruption and snail-slow justice of the Philippine political landscape. Driven by the loss of her mother due to hospital negligence, Kyla Santibanez, a fast-food worker, excels in programming and creates a powerful, unseen AI codenamed Sulit Meal. Kyla uses this AI to launch a series of devastating, targeted data leaks, exposing entrenched politicians and shattering their legal defenses.
Her campaign of digital retribution successfully destabilizes the government, forcing a constitutional crisis and empowering citizens to demand transparency in the electoral process. But Kyla's fictional journey comes to a dramatic end. In a thrilling meta-twist, the book itself becomes a dangerous reality when Faye Santelmo, a real-world programmer facing similar grief, finds the novel's blueprint eerily coinciding with her own plans.
Faye adapts the fictional tactics to create a superior, predictive AI, ready to launch the true, sustained battle for permanent vigilance, knowing that the fight to keep the government honest is only just beginning.