Level Zero

In a nation ruled by surveillance, obedience, and the iron grip of the Burnham dynasty, seventeen-year-old Parker Stephens never imagined he'd become a fugitive-or that his own government would try to kill him. When the country's flawless tracking system, *Version 56*, begins to fail for the first time in history, panic ripples through the nation. Citizens vanish. Borders shift. And anyone who steps out of line is thrown into rehabilitation... or worse.

Demetria Hargrove, a top academy graduate destined to marry into the Burnham family, is dragged into the investigation. But when she uncovers corruption far darker than she ever imagined, she chooses to run-straight into the paths of two criminals the government wants erased.

Now bound together by survival, Parker, Amber, Mateo, and Demetria race through abandoned towns and fractured loyalties as the system collapses around them. Trust is fragile. Secrets are deadly. And every flicker of a watch screen could mean discovery... or death.

As rebellion sparks across the country and the Burnham legacy begins to crumble, these four unlikely allies must decide what-and who-is worth saving before their world disappears for good.