Stories

Swept into a deadly flash flood during a covert supply run, Lila survives by an impossible miracle—but soon learns that in the Wastes, every life saved demands a brutal price.

In the dangerous ruins of the Old World, fifteen-year-old Tess Cross and her brother discover that a quiet act of compassion can carry a lethal price in the wastes.

Trapped by a massive debt to a ruthless Southern broker, a brilliant slicer must orchestrate a flawless digital skim from a Sanctum port—only to realize that escaping his leash means trading one ruthless master for another.

In the dangerous underbelly of the lower districts, an illicit gambling run exposes Cassius's terrifying apathy when he gambles away the funds needed to save a new friend's life, forever fracturing his bond with Declan.

When Lyra unleashes her terrifying new genetically engineered guard dog to hunt a young Kai, he uses his intellect to hack the beast's neural programming—only to learn from Orion that raw, brutal force can shatter even the most perfect code.