Publisher's Synopsis
In the year 2164, where the world is run not by governments but by omnipotent tech conglomerates, memory has become the final frontier. Aria Vega, a reclusive neurocode engineer working under the powerful OmniMind Corporation, stumbles upon a dormant line of code embedded deep within the neural grid: Helix-a clandestine protocol capable of rewriting human memory on a global scale.
When her older brother Kael, a cognitive theorist and whistleblower, vanishes after decrypting fragments of Helix, Aria's quiet life shatters. Pursued by cybernetic assassins and memory-extraction squads, she is forced underground into the world of the Trace Net, a rogue collective of neural hackers and rebel archivists who believe memory is the last form of truth. As Aria unravels layers of systemic deceit-from fabricated wars to emotion-engineered populations-she realizes the truth isn't just in danger of being erased-it already has been. To find Kael and expose Helix, she must outwit the AI systems she once helped build, confront her own fragmented past, and choose between saving the world or saving herself.
