Red shadows

Elara Vostrikov is a 15-year-old prodigy from the Red Room, trained to be an elite assassin. Cold, calculating, and emotionally suppressed, she has always followed orders without question. But when she is assigned a mission to eliminate the infamous Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow, Elara's world begins to shift.

To carry out her mission, she must first infiltrate a high school and get close to Peter Parker, a brilliant young hero who may hold the key to her success. As Elara weaves through the dangers of the mission, she struggles with an unexpected connection to Peter-a warmth and vulnerability she's never known. The closer she gets to him, the more her loyalty to the Red Room falters.

Torn between the life she's known and the person she's becoming, Elara must decide if she will follow her orders, or carve out a new path-one where love, loyalty, and her own sense of morality could change everything. But in a world full of spies, secrets, and danger, every decision could be her last.