IsTrueLoveEvenReal
In a fractured world ruled by a system that assigns every citizen a mark to determine their future, freedom is nothing more than a controlled memory of what life used to be.
Ryleigh Oaklen is twenty years old when she begins to realize the system is not guiding people toward purpose-it is stripping it away entirely. What was meant to bring order has instead erased identity, faith, and choice.
Years ago, Ryleigh had a life before the system. She had Jude Callen-her childhood best friend. They grew up side by side, inseparable in a world that still felt real. But when the system was fully enforced, they were separated without warning, forced into different paths designed by the government.
Now both of them are drawn to the Remnant, a hidden resistance made up of those who refuse to accept the system as truth. It is there that Ryleigh begins to change everything.
As the Remnant grows, so does their understanding that rebellion alone is not enough. With faith as their foundation, Ryleigh and Jude begin forming plans to expose and dismantle the corruption within the government-not to replace it with another form of control, but to restore what was taken. In a world where obedience is law and faith is dangerous, Ryleigh's rise forces everyone to confront a question the system cannot answer: what happens when truth refuses to stay buried?