Quinn Harper is a private investigator who never wanted to be one. She didn't study for it, didn't apprentice, didn't earn her stripes-she survived them. Once a runaway swallowed by Los Angeles's darkest corners, Quinn now tracks down the missing kids no one else cares to find. But when she rescues a teenage girl named Amara from a mysterious rehabilitation facility, Quinn stumbles into a covert program called Calyx-a corporate experiment in programming identity and obedience. As Quinn races to uncover the truth behind Amara's fractured memory and her eerie connection to Quinn's long-lost sister Eva, she's pulled back into a past she thought she buried. Old allies, new enemies, and an underground network of survivors converge as Quinn and her team unravel the chilling reality of what Calyx has built: children who forget on command, love without condition, and fight without fear. But Amara may not just be another victim-she may be the key to Calyx's most dangerous secret. One that has Quinn questioning everything she's ever believed about memory, identity, and survival. Because in this war, the ones who know too much are the first to disappear. And Quinn remembers everything.
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