The Dead Air: Phantom Node

By Bitty K

THEY LOCKED UP THE SENATOR.
THEY TOOK DOWN THE FIXER.
BUT THE CITY IS STILL LISTENING.

Freelance audio engineer Clara Hayes thought exposure meant victory. With Senator Sterling behind bars and Marcus Vance awaiting trial, the frequency should have gone dead.

She was wrong.

When key prosecution witnesses start dying in flawless, untraceable "accidents," Clara catches a ghost in the static: an archaic data carrier pulsing through the city's emergency speaker grid. The network didn't collapse with Sterling. It was designed to run itself.

At the controls is "The Architect"-a faceless phantom in the code turning 80 square miles of concrete and cables into an autonomous kill-switch. Every public address speaker is a microphone. Every camera has an ear. And anyone speaking the truth is marked for permanent cancellation.

Teaming up once more with Detective David Aris, Clara must take the ultimate gamble: dive back underground into the city's central routing trunk to trigger a total acoustic blackout before their coordinates lock.

YOU CAN TURN OFF YOUR SCREEN.
YOU CANNOT TURN OFF THE CITY.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HHXGPKDF
• ISBN13: 9798172070891
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"