About the Book

What if the most dangerous thing in your life was already inside your head?

In 2034 Atlanta, 99.5% of people use Navis, brain implants that deliver constant connection, augmented reality, and a curated feed of everything they want to see. Then the epidemic hits. Victims erupt in sudden rage and paranoia, then fall silent as their emotions flatline. Hospitals overflow. The CDC calls it HAD, but no one can find the cause.

Nurse Phoebe Bernhart left her technology-free Plain Mennonite family for this connected world. When her younger brother becomes one of the first afflicted, she refuses to wait for official answers. Her search leads her to Mila Bremer, a reclusive programmer and one of the rare “Nonnies” whose body rejected the technology she codes.

The deeper they dig, the more doors close, and the more dangerous their questions become. As society fractures around them, Phoebe and Mila must decide how far they’ll go for the truth, and how much they can trust each other.

Connection is control. Disconnecting may be the only way to survive.