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The Devil’s Ledger is a high-stakes medical thriller about what happens when artificial intelligence slips into emergency response — and a hidden algorithm begins making quiet, irreversible decisions about who gets saved… and who doesn’t.
A burned-out medic stumbles onto a lethal truth: an AI algorithm is quietly deciding who gets saved and who gets written off. When he learns he’s been flagged, the clock starts. Drawn from real EMS calls and the raw chaos of the front lines.
This isn’t just a thriller. It’s a blunt-force reckoning with a system where formulas outrank humanity and every page leaves a bruise.
ARC Program
This is for serious thriller readers who want early access and are willing to provide candid, rigorous feedback.
This is not a fan club. It’s a small, focused group helping pressure-test the story before it’s picked up or published.
What ARC Readers Get
Early access to select chapters, revisions, and alternate cuts
Clear visibility into how the story is built, reshaped, and pressure-tested
Occasional behind-the-scenes notes on craft, structure, research, and operational realism
What I Ask in Return
Thoughtful, candid feedback focused on clarity, pacing, and impact
Availability to answer a small set of targeted follow-up questions
Strict respect for confidentiality until official release
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For Editors, Agents, and Publishers
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Emergency response systems are already using algorithmic triage, automation, and risk-based routing.
The Devil’s Ledger explores what happens when those systems quietly optimize for cost instead of care, and what it takes for one person inside the machine to push back.
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Genre: Medical / Tech Thriller
Tone: Grounded, tense, and relentlessly procedural
Setting: Modern urban EMS, emergency departments, and AI-driven dispatch systems
Audience: Readers of Michael Crichton, Jack Carr, and Andy Weir
Status: Manuscript complete; Advance Reader Copy program in progress
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Ryan Herrington is a former Denver paramedic who survived a thousand midnight calls and learned firsthand what life and death actually cost. After more than a decade on the streets, he traded his trauma shears for a keyboard, turning lived experience into fiction that doesn’t blink. His work draws from real emergencies, moral compromise, and the quiet damage carried home after the sirens stop, resulting in a dark, high-stakes thrillers that’s grounded in truth rather than spectacle.
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