Olivia Hale has spent five years analyzing systems for one of Washington’s most powerful intelligence contractors, keeping her head down, following protocol, and never asking questions no one wants answered.

Then she notices a pattern she can’t explain.

At first, it looks insignificant. A handful of irregularities buried inside routine infrastructure data. But the deeper Olivia digs, the more the inconsistencies spread across programs, agencies, and classified networks that were never supposed to intersect. 

By the time she realizes what she’s uncovered, it’s already too late.

Now under investigation by the very institutions she once trusted, Olivia finds herself trapped inside a machinery built to erase problems before they become public. 

The only person positioned to determine what happens next is Cameron Barrett, a covert operative trained to identify threats long before they fully emerge. But as the operation around Olivia escalates, Cameron begins to recognize something far more destabilizing than a security breach:

She’s telling the truth.

As institutional pressure closes in, Olivia and Cameron are pulled into a hidden war fought through perception, narrative, and control, where power survives not by remaining innocent, but by rewriting reality faster than anyone can expose it.

And once the system decides the truth is dangerous, the people who can see it become dangerous too.

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING

“This is an author in command of her reader in the way she never allowed me a moment to believe who I could trust, what was real and what was manipulated.”

“This book deserves a five star plus for character development. Fay doesn't just help you discover the characters. She studies them through their thoughts and actions.”

“Thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish.
What a debut from Fay Inger! I absolutely loved it and can’t wait to read more of this series.”

“A must-read for fans of action, intellect and romance!”

“This is a gripping, thought provoking and hard to put down book!

“One of my favorite reads this year! You won’t be able to put this down!”

Meet the Characters

Cameron Barrett

Cameron Barrett, the CIA’s perfect weapon, is sent to extract analyst Olivia Hale after she uncovers a conspiracy buried inside government records. But when the truth reveals what the system is capable of, Cameron must decide whether to remain loyal to the institution that made him, or become its enemy to protect her.

Olivia Hale

Olivia Hale is an intelligence analyst who uncovers a conspiracy buried inside government records. The discovery marks her and she becomes a target. The only person standing between her and system trying to erase her is Cameron Barrett, the CIA operative who was never supposed to become personally invested.

He is trained to control every variable.
She is the one variable he never anticipated.
Forced together by a conspiracy neither can face alone, Cameron and Olivia must decide whether trust is a weakness or
the only thing keeping them alive.