Book One of the Spectra Code Series
Trust is never free.
And some systems never forget.
Jace Mercer thought he could disappear after Meridian Biotek. He was wrong.
Living off-grid in the shadows of New York, Jace survives by one rule: never leave a trace. A former infiltrator turned ghost, he takes jobs that don’t ask questions and vanish before the fallout hits. His only constant is Sage—an AI built from fragments of classified research that shouldn’t exist, and knows far more than it should.
When a routine exchange goes sideways, Jace crosses paths with Lila Voss, a courier running from enemies she won’t name. What she’s carrying isn’t just dangerous—it’s connected to buried systems that were never meant to surface. And once they do, there’s no clean way out.
As the city closes in, Jace and Lila are forced into uneasy alignment—trust built under pressure, loyalty tested by fire. Old betrayals resurface. Safehouses fail. And the deeper Sage digs, the clearer it becomes: this isn’t just another job gone wrong.
Something is watching the networks.
Learning from their mistakes.
And it has no intention of letting them walk away.
“Dark, intense, and relentlessly gripping.”
— NewInBooks.com
Midnight Burn is a cyber-noir thriller where survival depends on who you trust, what you protect, and how much of yourself you’re willing to lose when the system starts watching back.
Perfect for fans of:
• Cyber-noir thrillers
• Corporate conspiracy
• Rogue AI
• Found family under fire
• Near-future dystopia
The burn has begun. And there’s no way through it but forward.
