The Reckoning Code

By Jermaine Barber

In a city where memory is controlled, forgetting is survival.

Sixteen-year-old Zaya Monroe has grown up in a world that promises peace through erasure. History has been wiped clean. Emotions are regulated. The past is treated as a disease-and anyone who remembers too much is quietly removed.

When Zaya stumbles upon a hidden code embedded deep within the city's Core, she uncovers the truth behind Project Juneteenth, a secret system designed to suppress collective memory and prevent the people from questioning how their world came to be. What the government calls protection is, in reality, control.

As fragments of forbidden history begin to surface-names erased, voices silenced, lives rewritten-Zaya becomes a target. Hunted by powerful forces determined to keep the truth buried, she must decide whether releasing the past is worth dismantling the only world she's ever known.

But memory is contagious. And once it's freed, it can't be contained.

The Reckoning Code is a gripping young adult dystopian novel about power, resistance, and the courage it takes to remember. Perfect for fans of The Hunger Games, Legendborn, and socially conscious speculative fiction, this story asks a haunting question: What happens when the truth goes viral?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GK8F27CB
• ISBN13: 9798245644547
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"