After a nineteen-year-old boy disappears without leaving a trace, journalist Ward Mendo refuses to let it become another case the authorities quietly brush aside. As he follows a trail of anonymous forums and a reclusive hacker named Sinead, he begins to uncover the outline of another world operating just out of sight. But as the pressure builds and powerful interests close in, Ward must decide whether exposing the truth will save lives or erase the very people he is trying to protect.

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Author: Raisa Huisden