Saving lives was just his prologue.
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Why I wrote this book:
In college, I wrote my thesis on the transcendental philosophy of the inherently good nature of man. Heavily influenced by Thoreau’s Walden, I had a romantic view of the world and believed, without question, that humans and nature were inherently good and divinely connected.
A decade on the streets of Denver as a paramedic shattered that illusion. I saw, up close, the cruelty and darkness humans were capable of.
For the past twenty years, I’ve wrestled with that internal tension -my young idealist who believed in man’s goodness, and my seasoned witness who knows better. That conflict is still something that I struggle with today.
“A burned-out medic uncovers a deadly conspiracy: an AI system is deciding who lives and who dies, and he’s next on the list. Inspired by real EMS calls and the chaos of the frontlines, this isn’t just a thriller. It’s a gut-punch of truth that bleeds on every page.”
Oliver Adams is a paramedic on the edge. Haunted by trauma, drowning in burnout, and clinging desperately to the belief that saving lives still matters, Oliver is framed for murders he didn’t commit and hunted by the very system he once served, forcing him to confront a weaponized AI dispatch network, a ruthless insurance empire, and the one man who knows all his weaknesses, the man Oliver helped train.
Blending high-stakes conspiracy, psychological suspense, and unflinching medical realism, The Profit Protocol is a genre-bending thriller that delves deeply into the cost of truth in a world where survival is commodified. In the age of artificial intelligence, the truth won’t set you free—it just makes you the next target.
The Real Stories Behind the Fiction
From Blog to Book:
The Profit Protocol was born from a decade spent on the streets of Denver as a paramedic—and from the raw, unfiltered stories that I shared on my blog, Rocky Mountain Medic. What started as a personal outlet to process trauma, burnout, and the dark humor of EMS life evolved into something bigger: a glimpse behind the curtain of public safety, and eventually, the spark for this novel.
Many of the scenes in The Profit Protocol are rooted in real calls, real patients, and real moments that haunted me long after shift change. While the conspiracy and thriller elements are fiction, the emotions are not. The fear, the exhaustion, the moral conflict—that’s all real.
This book isn’t just a story. It’s a tribute to the medics, nurses, and first responders who carry the weight of other people’s worst days… and still show up. If you’ve ever read the blog, you’ll see the fingerprints of those true stories throughout this book.
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