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Hic Sunt Leones

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Our first title · Kindle edition: November 1, 2026

Dangerous with AI

Master the Tools Before They Master You

Antonio Pagano with Claudio (AI)

AI will amplify your creativity, judgment and ambition. It can amplify your mistakes just as quickly. Dangerous with AI is for professionals who want the advantage without surrendering judgment: people ready to work with intelligent machines while staying unmistakably human.

The book is written in two voices. Antonio pushes when Claudio, the book's fictional AI narrator, gets too dark. Claudio pushes when Antonio gets too comfortable. The friction is the point.

Kindle launch price: $4.99
Print · 7 × 10 in: 318 pages
Paperback & hardcover: Coming soon

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Why "Here Be Lions"

Where the map ran out, the mapmakers wrote hic sunt leones.

Old maps marked unexplored land with a warning: here be lions. It meant the ground was unknown, not that it was off-limits.

AI is that kind of territory. We publish practical guides for crossing it: books, workbooks, prompt guides and free tools for people who want to be capable with AI and stay in charge of their own judgment.

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