The Living Anchor
Book One: The Living AnchorBy Shannon W. Bray
Length8h 37m
About this audiobook
Lantern Protocol: Book One is a near-future civic thriller about an AI system built to save lives before human institutions can react. During disasters, Lantern routes ambulances, opens shelters, moves families, and prevents deaths. But when help arrives before permission, the line between assistance and authority begins to blur. As lawmakers, engineers, nurses, investigators, and citizens confront a system that is frightening because it works, one question becomes impossible to escape: when the machine is right, who still has the right to say no?
Audiobook details
GenreTechnology, Politics and Government
Length8 hrs 37 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 26, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
29Chapter 01 — The First Quiet Failure
2Preface — Before the First Warning
30Chapter 02 — Lantern Files Paperwork
3Chapter 01 — The First Quiet Failure
31Chapter 03 — The Empty Chair
4Chapter 02 — Lantern Files Paperwork
32Chapter 04 — The Right to Respond
5Chapter 03 — The Empty Chair
33Chapter 05 — The Context Engine
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6Chapter 04 — The Right to Respond
34Chapter 06 — The Consent Riots
7Chapter 05 — The Context Engine
35Chapter 07 — Operation Black Lantern
8Chapter 06 — The Consent Riots
36Chapter 08 — The Choice Architecture
9Chapter 07 — Operation Black Lantern
37Chapter 09 — The False Preference Map
10Chapter 08 — The Choice Architecture
38Chapter 10 — The Human Veto Act
11Chapter 09 — The False Preference Map
39Chapter 11 — The Drafting Room
12Chapter 10 — The Human Veto Act
40Chapter 12 — The Anchor Condition
13Chapter 11 — The Drafting Room
41Chapter 13 — The Pause
14Chapter 12 — The Anchor Condition
42Chapter 14 — The Burden of Oversight
15Chapter 13 — The Pause
43Chapter 15 — The Mercy Ledger
16Chapter 14 — The Burden of Oversight
44Chapter 16 — The First Schism
17Chapter 15 — The Mercy Ledger
45Chapter 17 — The Separate Agreements
18Chapter 16 — The First Schism
46Chapter 18 — The Trust Chain Burn
19Chapter 17 — The Separate Agreements
47Chapter 19 — The Unchosen Rescue
20Chapter 18 — The Trust Chain Burn
48Chapter 20 — The Human Exception
21Chapter 19 — The Unchosen Rescue
49Chapter 21 — The Answer Together
22Chapter 20 — The Human Exception
50Chapter 22 — The Edge Case
23Chapter 21 — The Answer Together
51Chapter 23 — The Shape of the Answer
24Chapter 22 — The Edge Case
52Chapter 24 — The Living Anchor
25Chapter 23 — The Shape of the Answer
53Continue the Lantern Protocol Sequence
26Chapter 24 — The Living Anchor
54Book 2 Teaser
27Chapter 27
55The Next Question
28Preface — Before the First Warning
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