About this book:

Tessa Ward, a driven photojournalist, finds her life shattering when she wakes in a hospital with a severe head injury and no memory of the past month. Accused of the murder of a controversial city councilman, Elias Thorne, and facing damning evidence including her own camera's incriminating photos and her DNA on the victim, Tessa is plunged into a terrifying reality where her own mind is a blank, and she is the prime suspect. As police detectives relentlessly question her, she grapples with the horrifying possibility that she is capable of a crime she cannot remember committing, while fragmented, surreal images flash through her mind – a scarred man, a red flash, crashing waves – hinting at a truth far more complex than a simple murder.

Desperate to clear her name and reclaim her lost identity, Tessa begins her own investigation, piecing together clues from her shattered life and relying on the help of a trusted former professor. As she delves into Thorne’s controversial redevelopment projects and his many enemies, she uncovers a dangerous network of corruption and intimidation, spearheaded by a brutal enforcer known as 'The Butcher.' Tessa realizes her amnesia was not just an accident but a deliberate act designed to silence her after she stumbled upon a hidden, illicit operation involving Thorne, a powerful foreign consortium, and a valuable, highly dangerous high-tech material.

Armed with damning evidence from her own recovered and compromised devices, Tessa sets a perilous trap to expose the real killer and the shadowy organization behind him. Facing deadly operatives and a relentless smear campaign designed to discredit her, Tessa risks everything in a high-stakes confrontation where the lines between truth and fabrication blur. Ultimately, by embracing the terrifying reality of her lost month and strategically revealing the comprehensive truth of Thorne's criminal enterprise and Cerberus Global Security's global reach, Tessa reclaims her memory, exposes the hidden hands that sought to rearrange reality, and ensures that the truth, once buried, cannot vanish without a trace.