What if the people training you to save the world... were the ones tearing it apart?
Ellie Quinn didn’t ask for covert ops. She just wanted to prove she could handle Brightwood’s training. But her team’s ‘simple’ mission spirals out of control when they uncover EREBUS, an AI with the power to hijack global intelligence—and possibly financial systems. Everything Ellie believed in starts to fracture: Cory’s loyalties, Annabelle’s family secrets—and worst of all, her own home base.
When a global summit devolves into chaos and her mother escapes prison, she leaves only one warning:
‘Don’t trust Brightwood.’
The Reluctant Teen Hero, Secrets Upon Secrets, Trust No Adult (Ever), Romantic Subplot… of Course, Tight Friend Group with a Traitor, Isolated Setting, Last–Minute Plot Twist, Final Showdown.
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Ellie Quinn didn’t ask for covert ops. She just wanted to prove she could handle Brightwood’s training. But her team’s ‘simple’ mission spirals out of control when they uncover EREBUS, an AI with the power to hijack global intelligence—and possibly financial systems. Everything Ellie believed in starts to fracture: Cory’s loyalties, Annabelle’s family secrets—and worst of all, her own home base.
When a global summit devolves into chaos and her mother escapes prison, she leaves only one warning:
‘Don’t trust Brightwood.’
The Reluctant Teen Hero, Secrets Upon Secrets, Trust No Adult (Ever), Romantic Subplot… of Course, Tight Friend Group with a Traitor, Isolated Setting, Last–Minute Plot Twist, Final Showdown.
Genre: Young Adult Fiction