by Sourfaith
When struggling college student Ethan Cole inherits a remote cabin hidden deep in the mountains of West Virginia, he expects solitude not a buried alien spacecraft waiting beneath the earth. Activated by an ancient genetic legacy left behind by a long-forgotten alien empire, Ethan becomes the key to The Emperor Protocol a failsafe designed to awaken heirs capable of fighting a war humanity was never meant to remember. As Ethan unlocks advanced technologies and forbidden knowledge, his body and mind begin to evolve, pushing him beyond the limits of what it means to be human. But power never stays hidden for long. Strange anomalies ripple outward, drawing the attention of shadowy forces on Earth determined to control or destroy what Ethan represents. With trust in short supply and time rapidly running out, Ethan must decide how far he’s willing to go to prepare humanity for a conflict written into its very DNA. Because the war was never over. It was only waiting for its heirs.
