When Knowledge Is Power, The Written Word Is the Mightiest Sword.
Buried beneath a mile of dirt and steel, Amelia has spent five years in The UnderPod-a world without sunlight, freedom, or choice. Branded a Reader, she was trained to process the words of others, never to create her own. But when a rogue Killer collides with her path and slips a folded note into her hand marked with the number 666-her reality begins to fracture.
Above the surface, Elias Marlowe, a once-renowned Writer, lives under the regime that outlawed his kind. Haunted by the ghosts of erased stories, he uncovers a message that could reignite what Univocan has long feared-the return of the Writers.
On Mars, Darius Rane, a disciplined Killer, believes in order, loyalty, and the purity of obedience. Yet when he stumbles upon Elias's hidden journal, the foundation of everything he has ever defended is threatened. His choice will determine whether the flames of rebellion are extinguished-or set the worlds ablaze.
And beyond them all, Ava, a fighter for The Unbound, risks everything to keep the last fragments of written words alive. Her letters slip through cracks in the system, reaching those still trapped below-the seeds of a revolution she can only pray will grow.
Across worlds bound by silence, four lives are drawn together by ink, defiance, and the dangerous promise of freedom.