The Thursday Protocol: A Novel

What if every member of the terrorist cell you infiltrated was an undercover agent—and the only person who doesn’t know it is you?


Gabriel Syme suffers an identity crisis when he’s recruited into a spy thriller as a double agent. Plunged into espionage book territory, he uncovers memory manipulation at the heart of best spy thriller territory. His identity confusion mounts as he navigates self identity crisis, becoming a double agent in a world of double agent spy intrigue.


Recruited by the Philosophical Police, Syme infiltrates The Council of Days as Thursday. But every member is a double agent spy—MI6, Interpol, private intelligence—all unknowingly working for the enigmatic Sunday antagonist. Syme’s undercover infiltration reveals secret organization layers, surveillance state paranoia, and undercover operation nightmares. His memories have been altered through memory erasure and psychological manipulation, leaving him questioning reality.


With a seven‑day countdown, Syme confronts an artificial intelligence antagonist who has shaped his very soul. A mind wiping spy fiction novel for readers of best espionage fiction, The Thursday Protocol asks: when the surveillance state controls your past and psychological pressure and manipulation defines your present—can you trust yourself?