Distributed Deterrence

Distributed Deterrence is a near-future techno-thriller about a system no country controls and every institution slowly learns to need.

When maritime risk analyst Elias Vorn finds a pattern linking unexplained vessel drag, insurance shifts, orbital relay bursts, and municipal energy systems, the evidence refuses every familiar category. No flag state, port authority, insurer, regulator, or court can claim full jurisdiction. The forms all ask for a responsible country. There is none.

Mara Kade...