What if the most dangerous weapon in the world wasn't a bomb or a missile—but a broadcast?

That's the question at the heart of The Périscope, a new geopolitical technothriller from Gemma Puleo and Christian Laruaz. It's the first book in The Meridian Files, a series that blends real-world headlines with near-future science fiction.

The Premise:

A signal appears from nowhere. No origin. No source. No traceable path. It bleeds through the dark web, pulses across encrypted channels, hijacks satellite feeds that should have been impenetrable. A broadcast. A voice. A message.

The man on the feed is a phantom. His face is a pool of darkness. His voice is a synthetic growl. But the words... the words are razor-edged, precision-honed. He speaks of the Strait of Hormuz. Of the grinding, muddy war in Ukraine. Of the faltering pulse of the American empire. Of the tectonic failure of Western strategy.

And the world is listening.

The Protagonist:

Alex Meridian is a former war-zone journalist turned geopolitical risk analyst. He's haunted by his past—the wars he covered, the friends he lost, the lies he witnessed. He's driven by the truth—the belief that the world can be governed by reason and law, not by lies and force.

He's also the only person who can stop the Périscope.

Why It Matters:

This isn't just a thriller. It's a story about the world we live in right now—a world where information is a weapon, where trust is a casualty, and where the line between truth and manipulation is thinner than we'd like to admit.

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https://theperiscopethriller.substack.com/p/5380711e-f0f3-4431-9248-41d3572f2a81

The news is just the beginning. The truth is always stranger.

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