The world runs on predictions.Governments, corporations, and intelligence agencies rely on data to anticipate what will happen next. But somewhere inside a classified system known as the Ash Protocol, prediction has evolved into something far more dangerous.Adrian Cole, an investigative journalist known for uncovering the stories others fear to touch, stumbles upon fragments of a hidden program capable of modeling the future of entire societies. At first, it seems like the ultimate forecasting machine.Until people connected to the system start dying.As Adrian digs deeper, he discovers that the Ash Protocol may not only predict the future—it may be quietly shaping it. Powerful forces will do anything to keep the truth buried, and the closer Adrian gets to the core of the system, the clearer one terrifying possibility becomes:The future may already be written.Night of Ashes is the first installment of The Ash Protocol series, a gripping techno-thriller about artificial intelligence, power, and the fragile line between prediction and control.