Join me for this week’s live reading of Chapter 5 of The Midas Protocol, titled “Book Lovers.”
The Midas Protocol · Recorded live September 6, 2026
In Chapter 5, “Book Lovers,” Hank Raglan walks into Waldenbooks and meets Addison Moore—and the rest, as they say, is history.
Author Matt De Reno reads the complete fifth chapter of his science-fiction thriller, The Midas Protocol, live from Midas Files Mission Control.
Before the Gold Box draws Hank into a world of conspiracy, danger, and impossible discoveries, a chance encounter in a bookstore begins a much more personal story.
Join Matt as he reads The Midas Protocol chapter by chapter, bringing its characters, mysteries, and hidden history to life in their original sequence.
About the Author
Matt De Reno
Matt De Reno is the author of The Midas Files, a Pittsburgh-rooted science-fiction thriller series exploring UFOs, secret histories, ancient technology, and the occasional problem caused by reality folding in on itself. In The Scratching Post, he writes about the creative life behind the books—storytelling, indie publishing, AI experiments, live readings, works in progress, and whatever strange idea has wandered into his notebook that week. Email him at
