Kana is a renegade.
She works for CODA, a top-notch technology company with the key to a hidden weapon- one that can destroy their nation- and when Kana, who is a security guard, assists CODA's research, she becomes an inevitable pawn in this game of lies. As the key for the weapon begins to take place, the evil intent of her company digs lines between the government and them. With the shadow of a nuclear meltdown looming over them, the Clandestine Intelligence Workforce is sent to destroy the weapon and its threat.
Kana gets taken as a prisoner by the CIW, and her knowledge of the tech is all they need. She has betrayed CODA and, as a traitor to the company, she is targeted by them. Kana joins the team of CIW as they go past the barriers of modern technology, a hidden code encrypted in music, and most importantly, what is right.
When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets.
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Natalie Driscoll is dead.
She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers.
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