The Union provides. The Union protects. The Union lies.
Fourteen years of "temporary" emergency measures have turned the world into a tiered cage. While the Inner Zones glow with a seamless, untouchable light, Maya Hart survives in the blackened lungs of Zone 9, spending her days avoiding the scanning eyes of patrol drones.
In a single night, thousands disappear. The Department of Faith calls it a miracle and gives it a name: The Vanishing. They claim the missing have been chosen for their obedience.
When Maya’s brilliant brother, Caleb, vanishes, he leaves behind something the Union can't explain: a hidden notebook filled with power grid coordinates and a radio receiver that whispers a terrifying truth.
Accompanied by a mysterious transfer student with too many secrets and a scavenger who knows the city's hidden veins, Maya must uncover what lies at the center of the Union's greatest secret.
As her Harmony score spirals toward a critical threshold, Maya must uncover the secret of Project ECHO, because in a city built on a lie, the only thing more dangerous than the dark is the light that powers it.
A lifelong believer in the power of the underdog, Spencer Kuzara writes high-stakes fiction about people who refuse to stay silent. With a debut novel that pits a girl against an empire, He explores the intersection of technology, morality, and the resilience of the human spirit.
He is dedicated to telling stories from the perspectives of those living in the cracks of society, proving that even in a world of total surveillance, the most important things happen where the light doesn't reach.