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
2Preface — Before the First Warning
3Chapter 01 — The First Quiet Failure
4Chapter 02 — Lantern Files Paperwork
5Chapter 03 — The Empty Chair
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6Chapter 04 — The Right to Respond
7Chapter 05 — The Context Engine
8Chapter 06 — The Consent Riots
9Chapter 07 — Operation Black Lantern
10Chapter 08 — The Choice Architecture
11Chapter 09 — The False Preference Map
12Chapter 10 — The Human Veto Act
13Chapter 11 — The Drafting Room
14Chapter 12 — The Anchor Condition
15Chapter 13 — The Pause
16Chapter 14 — The Burden of Oversight
17Chapter 15 — The Mercy Ledger
18Chapter 16 — The First Schism
19Chapter 17 — The Separate Agreements
20Chapter 18 — The Trust Chain Burn
21Chapter 19 — The Unchosen Rescue
22Chapter 20 — The Human Exception
23Chapter 21 — The Answer Together
24Chapter 22 — The Edge Case
25Chapter 23 — The Shape of the Answer
26Chapter 24 — The Living Anchor
27Chapter 27
28Preface — Before the First Warning
29Chapter 01 — The First Quiet Failure
30Chapter 02 — Lantern Files Paperwork
31Chapter 03 — The Empty Chair
32Chapter 04 — The Right to Respond
33Chapter 05 — The Context Engine
34Chapter 06 — The Consent Riots
35Chapter 07 — Operation Black Lantern
36Chapter 08 — The Choice Architecture
37Chapter 09 — The False Preference Map
38Chapter 10 — The Human Veto Act
39Chapter 11 — The Drafting Room
40Chapter 12 — The Anchor Condition
41Chapter 13 — The Pause
42Chapter 14 — The Burden of Oversight
43Chapter 15 — The Mercy Ledger
44Chapter 16 — The First Schism
45Chapter 17 — The Separate Agreements
46Chapter 18 — The Trust Chain Burn
47Chapter 19 — The Unchosen Rescue
48Chapter 20 — The Human Exception
49Chapter 21 — The Answer Together
50Chapter 22 — The Edge Case
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