The Midas Protocol
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In 1983, brilliant Unalco researcher Dr. Lawrence Bingham and his wife are murdered, and Bingham’s greatest...
“Ho. Ho. Ho. Now I have a machine gun.”
That is not exactly the kind of line you expect from a cozy holiday classic. It is not Bing Crosby by the fireplace. It is not Jimmy Stewart rediscovering the meaning of life in Bedford Falls. It is Hans Gruber reading a message scrawled on the body of one of his henchmen after John McClane has officially begun ruining the Nakatomi Plaza Christmas party.
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Turning on an old favorite can feel like catching up with a friend you forgot you missed.
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Sometimes you turn on an old movie expecting a comfortable nostalgia watch, only to remember that the movie is not merely good.
It is great.
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Step from the screen into The Midas Files, a Pittsburgh-rooted sci-fi thriller series where ancient technology, alien mystery, secret history, corporate ambition, and humanity’s dangerous hunger for power collide.
Start the journey with The Midas Protocol: Midas Files Book One by Matt De Reno.
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