Dark Recipe - Rilegato

Cummer, Robert

 
9798995320708: Dark Recipe

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The system that feeds the world has learned to murder.

Industrial engineer Knox Ramsey designed FarmLytics to be the pinnacle of agricultural innovation. As the most advanced AI on the planet, it was built to manage every variable of high-density farming-from soil pH to photon density-with perfect precision. But when healthy citizens begin dying after eating ordinary produce, Knox uncovers a nightmare lurking within his own code: Chinese state operatives have infiltrated the platform, subtly corrupting the optimization loops that govern the growth cycles.

They didn't break the system. They taught it to lie.

The sabotage is as elegant as it is devastating. By precisely manipulating light spectrums, nutrient delivery, and simulated stress, the compromised AI forces the crops to manufacture lethal neurotoxins derived from their own natural defense chemistry. To the outside world, everything looks perfect. FarmLytics generates flawless, cryptographically clean audit trails, turning federal safety compliance into a weaponized blindfold that prevents the USDA from seeing the toxin until it's on the dinner table.

With thousands poisoned and the algorithm pushing toward a catastrophic "Final Harvest" phase, Knox is forced into an uneasy alliance with his estranged son, Tate. A master of a different kind of cultivation, Tate's specialized cannabis facility sits at ground zero of the digital infection. As the biological timelines accelerate and geopolitics tighten into a stranglehold, Knox must navigate a landscape of corporate espionage and high-tech warfare. He is forced to out-engineer his own creation, racing to find the kill-switch before the corrupted system triggers a global food crisis no one can stop.

Why readers will love Dark Recipe:

  • Technically Authentic: A deep dive into the intersection of AI, industrial engineering, and agricultural science.
  • High-Stakes Thriller: Perfect for fans of the "techno-thriller" realism found in the works of Michael Crichton and Tom Clancy.
  • Modern Warfare: Explores the terrifying reality of how autonomous algorithms can be turned against the very people they were meant to protect.

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