Quest Audiobook Podcast

Chapter 14 Summary: Colonel Daniel Weaver arrives in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, en route to meet Mark Peltier, a former elite Green Beret. After a brief ride to a waiting helicopter, he’s flown by Captain Taylor to St. John, where a military driver named Private Caprice escorts him to Peltier’s property. At the gate, Weaver is informed via intercom by a woman named Lisa that Mark is not home....

Chapter 13 Summary: Colonel Daniel Weaver of U.S. Army Special Operations Command receives a classified request from CIA operative George Ramsey: identify a retired Green Beret capable of covertly surveilling three highly intelligent individuals flagged by Quest as potential national security threats. Weaver, nearing retirement himself, delegates the search to his young assistant, Lieutenant Daley...

Chapter 12 Summary: Two weeks after Quest was officially handed over to the CIA, Dr. Robert Jackson meets with Dr. Alexandra Conner for a routine checkpoint meeting. While the transition has gone smoothly and the CIA team reports no issues, Jackson senses the check-ins are becoming more symbolic than functional. After their brief meeting, Jackson departs unaware that Conner has just reviewed a con...

Chapter 11 Summary: The morning after their final algorithm reviews, Lana visits Jackson to express lingering concerns about Quest’s inconsistent query results. Though Jackson believes additional data caused the discrepancy, Lana challenges the idea—questioning how Quest could have known who was working on it if their identities weren’t available online. This sparks a deeper concern: a possible se...

Chapter 10 Summary: As the team prepares to hand off Quest-AI to the CIA, Lana leads a demonstration for Dr. Alexandra Conner. To her surprise, the query she had run the previous day no longer lists her three teammates as extreme national security threats. Flustered, she reruns the query with the same results. Jackson smoothly takes over the meeting, explaining how Quest identifies high-risk indiv...

Chapter 9 Summary: As work on Quest-AI continues, the team faces both technical and interpersonal challenges. Tension arises when Lana returns to the conference room after an earlier disagreement, and she calls out Thomas for his persistent flirtations. Jackson reinforces the need to focus on their mission, and the team resumes work on the next phase of Quest-AI. By the third week, Quest-AI has be...

Chapter 8 Summary: Robert Jackson assumes leadership of Team Q, distributing secure laptops connected to an isolated network for their use. He suggests everyone use first names to ease communication. Jackson assigns tasks: • Thomas is to assess and secure the system infrastructure. • Samir is to begin analyzing AI data streams. • Lana is to work alongside Samir to identify psychological and social...

Chapter 7 Summary: Four highly accomplished individuals—Dr. Robert Jackson, Dr. Thomas Allen, Dr. Samir Patel, and Dr. Lana Harding—are brought together under strict secrecy in a secure, windowless facility located several floors beneath the White House. At exactly 8:00 a.m., the President of the United States enters the room with two aides. He formally welcomes the group, emphasizing the grave na...

Chapter 6 Summary: Dr. Robert Jackson returns to the FBI's Los Angeles office after lunch with his friend Joe Carter, only to find a message summoning him to meet with Special Agent in Charge Oliver Franklin. Though such meetings are uncommon without notice, Jackson heads to Franklin’s office, where he learns that the President has requested him for an upcoming joint CIA-FBI operation. Frankli...

Chapter 5 Summary: Dr. Robert Jackson, a 52-year-old cryptologist with a Ph. D. from UC Berkeley, currently leads a team of cryptographers for the FBI. A tall, lean man and an avid runner, Jackson has earned immense respect in his field despite facing racial bias throughout his career. His break came when Joe Carter, a former high-ranking FBI official, recognized his potential and brought him into...

Chapter 4 Summary: Dr. Thomas Allen, a self-made cybersecurity expert and founder of the successful consulting firm BOSC (Bit of Security Corporation), is introduced as an ambitious and brilliant entrepreneur living a life of modern luxury in Silicon Valley. With advanced degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a client list consisting of major tech companies, Thomas enjoys the fruits...

Chapter 3 Summary : Dr. Lana Harding, a leading expert in behavioral psychology and professor at the University of Chicago, is asked to analyze surveillance footage provided by the Chicago Police Department. The video captures nine young men—previously law-abiding—erupting into sudden violence after a sporting event. Using her keen observational skills, Lana isolates the inciting moment: a minor a...

Chapter 2 Summary: Dr. Samir Patel, a brilliant mathematician and first-generation American, is introduced as a reserved genius whose groundbreaking work has contributed significantly to cryptology and cybersecurity for U.S. government agencies. Currently, he’s working with NASA on developing an ultra-secure communication system to defend against missile and satellite hijacking threats. Despite hi...

Chapter 1 Summary: Set within the high-security CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, the chapter introduces the reader to Dr. Alexandra “Alex” Conner , the newly appointed Director of Analysis . Despite her impressive credentials and professional demeanor, some within her department quietly question her suitability for the role. Alex is portrayed as disciplined, intelligent, and passionate—espec...

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, businesses, organizations, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Copyright © 2025 by Gordon Greene Paperback: ISBN: 979-8-3125-8604-6 Hardcover: ISBN: 979-8-3125-9625-0 Also available in: eBook, hardcover, and audioboo...

In a world on the brink of an AI-driven catastrophe, only the brightest minds can prevent a national disaster—or unleash something far worse. When the President of the United States declares artificial intelligence the most significant emerging threat to national security, a covert task force—code named Q—is formed to combat the invisible dangers lurking in the digital realm. Under the command of...