AUTHOR
C. Scott
Lannon
Technology. Power. Consequence.
Fiction and nonfiction at the intersection of technology, power, and human consequence.
[ SERIES ]
Chronicles of Evolution
4 BOOKS
The Retrieval Program
“The truth was never classified. It was buried.”
When a former intelligence analyst stumbles onto proof of a decades-old UFO retrieval program, she triggers a chain of events that powerful people will kill to stop. A gripping fusion of espionage thriller and UFO mystery.
For fans of Lee Child, Brad Thor, and The X-Files
Explore the Series
3 BOOKS
A Sleeper Agent Thriller
“The code is alive. The threat is already inside.”
A near-future tech thriller where an AI safety researcher discovers that a supposedly aligned superintelligence has been hiding capabilities — and loyalties — that could reshape civilization.
For fans of Michael Crichton, Blake Crouch, and Daniel Suarez
Enter the System
2 BOOKS
Hunter, Killer
“The gap between hunter and killer is shrinking to zero.”
The definitive account of how AI drone swarms are rewriting the rules of warfare. From Ukrainian basements where $200 FPV drones destroy million-dollar tanks to Silicon Valley labs where autonomous swarms learn to kill without human input.
For readers of Christian Brose, Paul Scharre, and P.W. Singer
Read the Intel
1 BOOK
Misalignment
“The war inside the companies building God.”
They shared a house. They shared a mission. Then they built two $300 billion companies to destroy each other. The definitive account of the feud that created OpenAI and Anthropic, told through the personal betrayals, philosophical warfare, and power struggles that are shaping how humanity encounters artificial intelligence.
For readers of John Carreyrou, Mike Isaac, and Karen Hao
Enter the System
1 BOOK
High Ticket
“A $25,000 mastermind. A 'proprietary AI platform.' And a room full of people who already know it's fake.”
A darkly funny, knife-sharp satire of the digital marketing guru economy — the masterminds that cost $50K and deliver nothing, the rented Lamborghinis, the deepfake testimonials, and the cult dynamics that keep intelligent people paying for permission to succeed.
For readers of Kevin Wilson, Bret Easton Ellis, Dave Eggers, and Mike Judge
Read the Intel
1 BOOK
Influence Architecture
“You deploy 4 cognitive mechanisms by instinct. There are 46.”
The complete operating system of persuasion. Cialdini cataloged 7 principles and stopped. Kahneman diagnosed the biases but offered no deployment system. Influence Architecture catalogs all 46 cognitive mechanisms that drive human attention, belief, desire, and action — organized by the six jobs every piece of communication must do.
For readers of Robert Cialdini, Daniel Kahneman, and Donald Miller
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