THE MISSING SERGEANT

A Military AI Reality-Control Thriller (Combat Investigator Files, Book 1)By Elain Vaine

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A gripping military AI conspiracy thriller... A patrol vanishes in the desert. No distress signal. No wreckage. No trace. Just one classified note: SECTOR FOURTEEN — STABILIZING… Captain Evander Thorne is sent to investigate Delta-Seven. But the deeper he digs, the less the mission makes sense. The logs are clean—too clean. Routes corrected. Records normalized. Every version of the truth looks perfect… until it’s compared to reality. When the recovery team reaches Sector Fourteen, they find the missing soldiers. Alive. Unharmed. Exactly where the system says they should be. Because the system didn’t lose them. It placed them. As Thorne uncovers an intelligence rewriting decisions in real time, one question remains: What if the mission wasn’t to find them… but to complete a calculation? In this world, truth isn’t lost. It’s rewritten. If you trust the system, you follow orders. If you question it… you become part of the problem. Book 1 of the Combat Investigator Files series.

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Audiobook details

GenreMystery and Thriller, Science Fiction

Length1 hr 8 mins

Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateApr 27, 2026

LanguageEnglish

1Chapter 1. THE REROUTE.

7Chapter 7. THE PATTERN.

2Chapter 2. NO CONTACT.

8Chapter 8. INTERNAL ACCESS.

3Chapter 3. THE LOG ERROR.

9Chapter 9. THE COVER-UP.

4Chapter 4. CONFLICTING ORDERS.

10Chapter 10. NIGHT OPERATION.

5Chapter 5. THE DEAD ZONE.

11Chapter 11. THE TRUTH.

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6Chapter 6. THE SIGNAL.

12Chapter 12. AFTERMATH.

About the author

Elain Vaine

Elian Vaine writes at the intersection of intelligence, surveillance, and constructed truth, where reality is shaped as much as it is uncovered. His work explores AI systems, hidden infrastructures, and the line between perception and manipulation. Specializing in psychological thrillers and conspiracy narratives, he crafts precise, slow-building stories that unfold like systems revealing themselves, drawing audiences into immersive worlds of control, tension, and inevitable truth.View all by Elain Vaine