The Helios Protocol

In the hyper-secure Helios Maximum Security Prison, death row inmate Graham Vault dies under mysterious circumstances just three days before his execution. Journalist Lila Thorne follows a trail of silenced inmates and secret medical wards, uncovering a covert program by Somnus Biotech. Their experimental AI-nanite “rehabilitation” implants—born from the shadows of the infamous Haney v. Sow ruling—are turning prisoners into lethal test subjects. Progress has not erased crime; it has simply made it more sophisticated and invisible.