Some missions are never recorded. Some soldiers are never meant to return. And some secrets refuse to stay buried.
When a forgotten black ops file resurfaces-encoded in a microdrive stitched into the jacket of a boy refugee-a quiet war reignites. David Shaw, a former military intelligence officer with a fractured past, is pulled back into the shadows by a ghost he thought long dead: Cole Varnes, a brother-in-arms turned rogue operative.
Together with Myra Grant-a woman whose love for David is matched only by the secrets she's kept from him-and Hajir, the boy caught in the crosshairs of a covert legacy, they must confront the truth behind Pale Harvest, a clandestine program designed to weaponize the innocent.
As their sanctuary becomes a battleground, and the ruins of Echo-9 turn into a last stand, the team faces an impossible choice: erase the truth to survive-or burn everything to expose it.
From abandoned Afghan compounds to the blackest corners of American intelligence, ECHO-9 is a pulse-pounding thriller about betrayal, redemption, and the fire it takes to become free.