The Dawn Protocol

In a future where nations wage proxy wars in a hyper-realistic virtual arena, defeat means permanent death. A disgraced elite soldier is thrust back into the fight, forced to lead a squad of untested rookies against the world's best. To survive, they must unlock a unique power system, evolving their minds into weapons and mastering battlefield tactics against rival nations and the digital ghosts of fallen warriors. But their war is a lie. A deeper conspiracy lurks beneath the surface, controlled by a godlike intelligence that has its own plans for humanity. This is a military sci-fi epic about brotherhood forged in fire, the agonizing price of victory, and one team's desperate battle to change the rules of a game rigged against them.