AGENT 23 BLACKOUT (Agent 23 Book 1)

Aiden Quick, a sophomore at North Coastal High, receives a mysterious text message identifying him as Agent 23 and demanding he activate or face termination. He finds himself caught between a latte and Kayla, the girl of his dreams, and an assassin from a group called The Collective. On the run, as the spark between Aiden and Kayla ignites, they learn about the organization's leader, a person codenamed Zero. With help from Agent 1, the only assassin to walk away from The Collective and live, Aiden discovers ties to his family that go back to the group's inception.

Assassination orders aren't the primary mission. Zero wants Aiden and the people dear to him bent to The Collective's will, but that's only the beginning of a bigger scheme to eliminate freedom at the most basic level-a person's mind.

Book 1 in the Agent 23 series...

This 2021 Open Novella Contest story turned into a novel of more than 50k words.