A stolen child. A DNA-altering bioweapon. A scandal that could bring down a city.

Adasha Denali resolves disputes for Naion-using words, not weapons. But with her agency under fire and her mentor blamed for a failed intelligence operation, she'll have to get her hands dirty.


Racing to discover who's undermining Naion's security and why, Adasha runs headlong into corporate mercenaries, an engineered spy, and a man losing his mind to a new form of intelligence.


Meanwhile, the once-great immersion hacker Neon Nik is on the ugly side of broke, struggling to pay off circling loan sharks.


When he inherits a piece of advanced tech that throws him into Adasha's path, threats of dismemberment become the least of his problems. Now he's got a vortex of hired killers on his heels and a decision to make: sell out or suit up.