The future runs on the Bridge—a neural internet wired straight into the brain. But when elite gamer Hazel Hops stumbles onto a hidden zone in her war-magic sim, it triggers more than just curiosity. Players are vanishing. Code is glitching. And someone is hijacking the system from the inside.
Rel Martins, a government analyst ignored by his own agency, sees the pattern: silent failures, unreported comas, infrastructure falling apart under a sleek façade. Every breadcrumb leads to Hazel—and to her friend Peter Donovan, the genius who built the Bridge.
Hazel is caught between her closest friend and the man trying to stop him. Surveillance is everywhere, tech is weaponized, and the truth is encrypted behind the very system they depend on. If Hazel can't outplay the master of the game, millions will die before they even know what hit them.
Trust no one. Log in carefully. And never forget who's writing the code.
