A Ghost Beneath the Gold

At eight years old, Aureya Kisaragi lost her parents and was taken in by Saburo Arasaka-the most powerful man in Night City. For twenty years, he raised her as his own and forged her into his most loyal protector, outfitting her with some of Arasaka's most advanced cyberware.

Then Yorinobu murders Saburo at Konpeki Plaza.

Framed for the death she failed to prevent and hunted by the corporation she once called family, Aureya escapes with the Relic embedded in her neural port. The chip saves her life-but awakens Johnny Silverhand, Arasaka's most infamous enemy, inside her mind.

Johnny sees Aureya as Saburo's perfect weapon. Aureya sees him as a terrorist destroying what remains of her life. But as the Relic begins overwriting her, they are forced to confront the truths both of them have spent years refusing to see.

With Night City pulling her toward different loyalties, Aureya must choose between avenging the man who raised her, protecting the empire he built, or destroying the golden cage she once mistook for home.

Because Johnny Silverhand is not the only one disappearing-and for the first time, Aureya must fight for a life that belongs entirely to her.