About the Book:
A technology broker in Warsaw is afraid of something above the street. Before CIA officer Elias Voss can get his answers, a small autonomous weapon reaches the broker’s apartment. A single name survives: Janus.
Back in London, stolen components, intercepted communications, financial records and satellite imagery begin pointing toward an autonomous weapons program. The sources are credible. The observations are real. For Voss, the trail is becoming actionable. For intelligence analyst Mara Kade, it is becoming suspiciously helpful.
As the investigation moves toward an industrial site outside Brno, Voss and Kade confront a more unsettling possibility: separate sources can tell the truth while steering everyone toward the same false conclusion. The danger may lie as much in how they interpret the evidence as in what they find.
The Zero opens the J.A.N.U.S. series with surveillance, technological pursuit and a contest over human
judgment. Its central question is simple: if someone knows how you decide whom to trust, how much of the chase still belongs to you?
Book Details:
Scheduled Publication Date: November 13, 2026
Publisher: Project Forge Books
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About C. J. Mercer:
C. J. Mercer writes espionage and technology thrillers centered on conspiracies, surveillance and pursuit. The Zero is the first J.A.N.U.S. novel, published by Project Forge Books.
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