The World Trade Protocol Story
Imagine a future where the issues of poverty, hunger, and crime are no longer problems, and where governments across the globe operate a surveillance regime that ensures citizen safety. The engine that created this age of prosperity is the World Trade Protocol (WTP) agreement, the successor to the World Trade Organization and other international political agreements. Material well-being is also made possible with the use of clean, cheap nuclear energy and the ubiquitous use of digital technologies, especially artificial intelligence (AI).
This utopian society has a dark secret that is hidden from the normal citizen. A cabal of men and women with authority over the WTP is starting to exercise their power over human society. Facing this threat, a small group of ordinary and determined citizens, who just want to have the good life and keep evil at bay, must find a way to fight back.
What will the WTP leave behind?
The Recruiter
Book 1 of the series, The Recruiter, is available as a Kindle e-book or as a print-on-demand paperback from Amazon. Use link below to Amazon AU webpage, or search your Amazon regional site using one of the following search terms:
- ISBN: 978-1764114400
- Amazon product code: B0F8Z9PTMX
- Author: Derrick Lam
- Title: The Recruiter
Cover Blurb
2061. Twenty years ago, the World Trade Protocol brought an end to global poverty. In a prosperous society where crime is rare, a young woman is murdered by a hired assassin. Wilson is recruited to solve the case by his former employer, the victim’s mother.
Suspecting the killing is part of a conspiracy to hide dark secrets, he recruits a team of eccentric specialists to help him break the case. Fighting against the unlimited resources of the cabal, the team must work together to overcome setbacks and challenges.
With each death that the team encounters, Wilson gets closer to the truth, until the case reveals his own family connections.
The Scientist
Book 2 of the series, The Scientist, is scheduled for 2026. Release date to be confirmed.
Cover Blurb
2063. Two years after the revelation that the Phoenix Vanguard is planning to seize global dominance, an explosion in a research lab kills a renowned virus scientist. Government authorities and a small group of anti-Vanguard vigilantes believe that the death is part of the Vanguard’s strategy to silence whistleblowers. Wilson Stuart and his team are recruited to find those responsible for the murder. Suspecting that an act of biological terrorism is imminent, he must expose the Vanguard conspiracy in time before a worldwide epidemic is unleashed.
The case becomes personal for Wilson as a close associate is kidnapped, and he is forced to carry out a rescue. This leads to a country outside of the World Trade Protocol, a rogue nation, where chaos and violence are inescapable. For Wilson, it is his journey into the heart of darkness.
To survive, Wilson must rely on his trusted team to face his enemies, who have home-ground advantage. The final confrontation with his nemesis, the Chairman, reveals more painful family secrets.
