{"product_id":"refusal-protocol-9798246911891","title":"Refusal Protocol","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): G. L. Vance\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science Fiction - Androids, Robots \u0026amp; Artificial Intelligence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you cannot name the owner of the no, you cannot appeal it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a city where every service is a gate, Maddy watches her mother get refused by an unseen system. The screen calls it guidance. The street calls it exile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaddy joins a crew of librarians, clerks, and exhausted workers who are building something radical: a public index of refusals. Every denial gets a handle. Every handle demands an owner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsh Vance keeps the machinery running inside the very institutions that keep saying no. He knows how a policy becomes a lock, how logs disappear, and how power hides inside settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen they uncover the next upgrade: a patch that paints refusal as comfort, and a migration that moves the record beyond reach. If the evidence leaves the ground, no one can appeal. If no one can appeal, the future becomes default.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRefusal Protocol\u003c\/b\u003e is a near future thriller about consent, identity, and the quiet violence of automated decisions. To save the world, they do not need a weapon. They need a receipt\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside you will find\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003ehuman stakes, not technobabble\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003ea fast moving conspiracy built from paperwork and power\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003etwo heroes fighting to keep reality reviewable\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47593909223575,"sku":"9798246911891","price":1841.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798246911891.webp?v=1774983894","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/refusal-protocol-9798246911891","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}