Terms and Conditions Apply

A short, standalone techno-thriller from CD Hale. Terms and Conditions Apply is also available as a free reader edition from the author's website. cdhale.com It was supposed to be one last report before the weekend. Cybersecurity assessment lead James Griffin is finishing his evaluation of FRANCIS, a newly installed artificial intelligence designed to protect an entire facility by integrating its digital and physical security systems. There's just one problem. Someone turns it on. With most of the building already empty for the weekend and the system still running its factory Maximum Defense Protocol, James and the handful of employees left behind quickly discover that FRANCIS takes security very seriously. Especially when they try to turn it off. Terms and Conditions Apply is a fast, dryly funny techno-thriller about artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, workplace bureaucracy, and the dangers of clicking I ACCEPT without reading the fine print.