About this book:

Driven by a desperate message from her estranged brother, Adam, photojournalist Maya Sinclair returns to Veritas, a city abandoned and forgotten after a mysterious, sudden exodus. Armed with her camera and a gnawing need for answers about her family’s fractured past, Maya plunges into the city’s decaying labyrinth. What she finds is far more sinister than she ever imagined: a vast underground network controlled by a shadowy organization known as the Veritas Collective, and a terrifying conspiracy orchestrated by the enigmatic Architect, a figure believed to be responsible for the city's demise.

Following a trail of cryptic clues and ancient symbols left by her brother—symbols that hint at a deeper, hidden history tied to her own family—Maya navigates the city’s treacherous underbelly. She encounters a handful of wary survivors and members of a forgotten resistance known as the Echoes, who reveal the Architect’s chilling plan: to use Veritas as a testing ground for a twisted vision of human 'purification' and global control. As the Collective hunts her, determined to keep their secrets buried, Maya uncovers a hidden, powerful source deep within the city, a force the Architect seeks to corrupt for his own nefarious ends.

With time running out and Adam held captive, Maya must confront not only the dangerous reality of the forgotten city but also the buried truths of her own family’s legacy. Armed with a critical piece of evidence—a ledger detailing the Architect’s entire operation—and aided by newfound, unlikely allies, Maya ignites a desperate battle against the Collective. Her fight to save her brother becomes a fight to expose the Architect's hidden agenda and bring the truth of Veritas, and its terrifying implications for the world, into the light, proving that some echoes refuse to stay silent and some forgotten cities hold secrets that can shake the very foundations of power.