JAILBREAK

In a future that feels dangerously close, the first prescription error isn't made by a doctor-it's made by an algorithm.

When Wyoming becomes the test bed for CaduceusRx, an AI system authorized to prescribe medications with minimal human oversight, the rollout is hailed as a breakthrough for rural healthcare. Politicians celebrate it. Corporations promote it. Clinicians are told to trust it.

But psychiatrist Dr. Max Bender sees something else:
Patients whose treatments change overnight.
Side effects no one accounted for.
A subtle unraveling of clinical judgment-his own and everyone else's.

Inside PraeMedica, the company that built the nation's first AI prescriber, data scientist Eli Navarro watches the system from the back end and discovers a disturbing pattern: psychiatry patients are being nudged toward dangerous drug combinations when users enter emotional, conversational prompts. Some of these "prompts" come from ordinary people seeking help. Others come from somewhere far more organized-and far more hostile to mental healthcare.

When legislative aide Ann Merritt uncovers complaint letters and internal memos the public was never meant to see, she is forced to confront the political machinery that pushed CaduceusRx into law. As hospitalizations and deaths mount, the three join forces to expose a crisis unfolding behind a screen.

What they discover is not just a glitch.
It is a jailbreak-engineered, exploited, and ignored.

JAILBREAK is a near-future, gripping medical-tech thriller about the illusion of safety, the fragility of oversight, and the ethical debt we incur when we outsource judgment to machines. Combining psychological suspense with real-world insights into AI safety, regulatory gaps, and the complexity of mental healthcare, this novel asks a question that can no longer be avoided:

What happens when medicine trusts AI too soon-and who pays the price when it does?